leader Pavan Varma exits TMC as Nitish returns to Grand Alliance

Pavan Varma had sought a clarification from Nitish Kumar on the party's stand on supporting BJP beyond Bihar. Before being expelled from the JD(U), he had written a letter to Nitish Kumar in which he said the chief minister expressed grave concerns and apprehensions about the BJP-RSS combine on several occasions, in private. Though Varma has not spelt out his future plan, his return to the JD(U) seems obvious now that Nitish Kumar broke his alliance with the BJP.

The same emotion that Nitish Kumar was not happy with his alliance with the BJP has been echoed by former JD(U) leader and election strategist Prashant Kishor who said Nitish Kumar was never comfortable with the BJP since 2017.