Nitish's loss may be Modi's gain

The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government is in unstable equilibrium and in serious danger. Internally, the chatter in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was in alliance with Kumar till recently, is that the continuance of the current government is in Narendra Modi's hands - the government can fall when he wants it to fall. As no one else is in a position to form a government, a prolonged spell of President's Rule will follow. Of course, no one knows whether this will happen or not, or indeed, when. But Kumar is in retreat.

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