Nearly nine months after he switched and returned to the NDA camp, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held his first-ever meeting of the alliance Monday. The timing, ahead of bypolls and coinciding with the countdown for next year’s Assembly elections,

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar convened his inaugural NDA alliance meeting on Monday, marking his first major engagement since rejoining the coalition nine months ago. As reported by The Indian Express,

A JD(U) leader remarked, “The NDA meeting was necessary to set the record straight. Nitish alone is the NDA leader and there must be no ambiguity on our commitment to communal harmony.”