{"id":60812,"date":"2025-04-10T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=60812"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:11:16","slug":"ashwini-choubey-bats-for-nitish-kumar-as-deputy-prime-minister-sparks-political-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/ashwini-choubey-bats-for-nitish-kumar-as-deputy-prime-minister-sparks-political-buzz\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashwini Choubey Bats for Nitish Kumar as Deputy Prime Minister; Sparks Political Buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"440\">Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister <strong data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"271\">Ashwini Kumar Choubey<\/strong> has stirred fresh political debate by expressing his <em data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"335\">personal<\/em> wish to see Bihar Chief Minister <strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"385\">Nitish Kumar<\/strong> elevated to the position of <strong data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"439\">Deputy Prime Minister<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"814\">Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Choubey praised the Janata Dal (United) supremo\u2019s contribution to the <strong data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"585\">National Democratic Alliance (NDA)<\/strong> and his consistent support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. \u201cNitish Kumar has been an anchor in the NDA coalition. His contribution is significant. It is my personal wish that he be made the Deputy Prime Minister,\u201d said Choubey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"956\">He added, \u201cIf this wish is granted, Bihar will witness the rise of its second son, after <strong data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"926\">Babu Jagjivan Ram<\/strong>, to the office of Deputy PM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1196\">The comments come amid widespread speculation that the BJP may be exploring an \u201chonourable exit\u201d plan for the 74-year-old JD(U) leader, who is reportedly eyeing a fifth consecutive term in the assembly elections scheduled later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1422\">Past reports have suggested friction within the alliance, with even late BJP stalwart <strong data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1305\">Sushil Kumar Modi<\/strong> claiming that Nitish Kumar had considered leaving the NDA in 2022 after not being offered the Vice President\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1630\">Choubey\u2019s remarks \u2014 made despite being sidelined by the BJP and denied a ticket in the last Lok Sabha elections \u2014 were not taken seriously by either his former allies in the JD(U) or the opposition <strong data-start=\"1622\" data-end=\"1629\">RJD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1632\" data-end=\"1868\">JD(U) spokesperson and MLC <strong data-start=\"1659\" data-end=\"1675\">Neeraj Kumar<\/strong> dismissed the suggestion, pointing to <strong data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1747\">Union Home Minister Amit Shah<\/strong>\u2019s recent interview in which he reaffirmed that <strong data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1867\">Nitish Kumar would lead the NDA in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"2179\">On the other hand, RJD spokesperson <strong data-start=\"1906\" data-end=\"1920\">Ejaz Ahmed<\/strong> mocked Choubey\u2019s comments, calling him \u201ca self-proclaimed spokesperson of the BJP, rejected by his own party.\u201d Ahmed added, \u201cThe BJP may want to discard Nitish Kumar, but it is <strong data-start=\"2098\" data-end=\"2116\">Tejashwi Yadav<\/strong> who will occupy the CM\u2019s chair. The BJP can keep daydreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2181\" data-end=\"2351\">As the political landscape in Bihar heats up ahead of elections, Choubey\u2019s statement has added a fresh twist to the ongoing power dynamics in the state\u2019s ruling alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey has stirred fresh political debate by expressing his personal wish to see Bihar Chief Minister Nitish&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60812","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60814,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60812\/revisions\/60814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}