ISAS Briefs

As the saying goes, politics is the art of the possible. The latest example of this in the relentless politics of power in India is the re-emergence of the outgoing Chief Minister of the Indian state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, as his own successor at the head of a new government with a different political complexion. This followed the collapse of his original 'grand alliance' (Mahagatbandhan) which consisted of his Janata Dal (United), the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress in the State Legislative Assembly. Nitish has been able to form the new government in Bihar with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the governing party at the Centre and an opponent of the now-defunct 'grand alliance'.