There Are Ups And Downs In Politics: Shashi Tharoor On Nitish Kumar 'Setback'
NDTV
JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Sunday took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record ninth time after citing his disappointment with the Opposition bloc.
The JD(U)'s exit from the INDIA bloc is a setback in Bihar, but it will re-double the determination of people to fight for the right cause, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday. JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Sunday took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record ninth time.
Mr Kumar had earlier in the day resigned as the chief minister, saying "things were not working well" for him in the 'Mahagathbandhan' and in the opposition bloc INDIA, and staked a claim to form a new government with the BJP, which he had dumped less than 18 months ago.
"It (Nitish Kumar's exit from the INDIA alliance) is certainly a setback in Bihar, but the fact remains that in politics there are ups and downs. I think in many ways it will redouble the determination of the people elsewhere as well as in Bihar to fight for the right things in the right way," he told the news agency PTI here on the sidelines of an event.
