Bihar political crisis | Congress lashes out at Nitish Kumar after he quits as CM, walks out of Mahagathbandhan

Congress compares Nitish Kumar to a "chameleon" for betraying the alliance, says people of Bihar won't forgive him.

The Congress on January 28 compared Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to a "chameleon", and said the people of the State will never forgive him for his "betrayal".

The party was reacting to Mr. Kumar's decision to resign as Bihar Chief Minister and leaving the Mahagathbandhan alliance in the State and also dealing a body blow to the Opposition bloc INDIA.

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said they already knew about Mr. Kumar's decision to leave the alliance, but had not said anything to help keep the INDIA bloc together.

"There are many people like 'Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram' in the country. Earlier he and I were fighting together. When I talked to Lalu ji and Tejashwi ji, they also said that Nitish is going," Mr. Kharge said.

The Congress president said if Mr. Kumar wanted to stay, he would have stayed but he wants to go.

"Therefore, we already knew this, but we did not say anything in order to keep the India alliance intact. If we say something wrong, a wrong message will go out. Lalu Prasad Yadav ji and Tejashwi Yadav ji had already given us this information. Today, it has become true," the Congress chief said.