Why Nitish Kumar's Latest Flip-Flop Is A Full Toss For BJP Ahead Of Polls

The Bihar reversal comes amid the friction within the INDIA bloc to reach a seat-sharing arrangement with regional forces Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party

In his response to the no-confidence motion against the BJP government last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said the Opposition's INDIA bloc was bowling one no-ball after the other. Five months later, political developments in Bihar have provided BJP nothing less than a full toss.

JDU leader Nitish Kumar's move to end his alliance with the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal to revive his tie-up with the BJP comes as a massive setback to the INDIA bloc months before it takes on the formidable BJP in Lok Sabha polls. What's more, Mr Kumar, in his first remarks after submitting his resignation, referred to how "nobody was working" in the INDIA bloc.

Here's how Nitish Kumar's latest flip-flop hits INDIA bloc