Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar CM for 7th time with BJP support on Sunday: Sources
Patna: Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time on Sunday, this time again with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which will get two Deputy Chief Minister berths for extending support, sources have said.
The Janata Dal (United) President has cancelled all his engagements for Sunday, said sources on Friday, adding that senior BJP leader Sushil Modi will be one of the Deputy CMs in Bihar.
Intense difference of opinion was seen between the JD(U) and Lalu Prasad Yadav's party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) over the Central government conferring the Bharat Ratna on leader of the Samajwadi Party Karpoori Thakur this week.
Nitish Kumar was severely criticized by Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Rohini Acharya on her personal 'X' account recently, for 'changing his ideology' and regularly shifting
sides between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP and the RJD. Acharya also criticized Kumar for supporting parties promoting family members in politics.
Commenting on the developments, the Congress has said that joining hands with the BJP would not be easy for Nitish Kumar.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
