BJP supporters want Giriraj Singh as next Bihar Chief Minister

Singh has recently targeted Nitish Kumar, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan for holding an Iftar party. Nitish Kumar's JD-U and Paswan's LJP are allies of the BJP.

Anab Mehdi
Published on: 9 Jun 2019 11:16 AM GMT
BJP supporters want Giriraj Singh as next Bihar Chief Minister
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Patna: Post a verbal spat between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Minister Giriraj Singh over the Iftaar row, the later's supporters now want him to be the next Bihar CM.

Numerous Singh's supporters on Sunday raised slogan like "Aisa hi ho CM hamara" (Our CM should be like him) and "Agla Mukhyamantri Kaisa ho, Giriraj Singh jaisa ho" (Our next CM should be like Giriraj Singh) while he visited his parliamentary constituency Begusarai first time after he won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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"Party workers and supporters want to see him (Singh) as next CM of Bihar," said a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Begusarai.

This is an alarm for the present Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) President Nitish Kumar ahead of next year state Assembly polls.

Singh recently targeted Nitish Kumar, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan for holding an Iftar party. Nitish Kumar's JD-U and Paswan's LJP are allies of the BJP.

Anab Mehdi

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