In a bid to polarize the votes in the coming Lok Sabha election in 2019, now Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is all set to give a boost for the fight. No he has been elected as the new president of the Janata Dal United who replaced Sharad Yadav as the party president.
Now it is clear that after becoming the president of the Janata Dal U, Nitish Kumar will give it more leverage across the country in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He is the party's most popular face and familiar to voters across the country.
Nitish Kumar is the face for the opposition politics except BJP and Congress as other parties are also in race to support him for the same. JDU is in contact Ajit Singh in UP and with Babulal Marandi in Jharkhand to give a boost to the fight against Modi led BJP government in the coming 2019.
It is noted that Yadav was elected as the party president in 2006 when re replaced George Fernandes as the chief. He had been president for three terms and he was not interested for the foruth terms. Mr Fernandes, a former mentor of Mr Kumar, became the chief when JDU was formed following a merger between his Samata Party and Janata Dal faction headed by Mr Yadav in 2003.
In 2013, the party constitution was amended to enable Mr Yadav to become the chief for a record third time.
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