Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday submitted his resignation to governor DY Patil, a day after the JD-U’s rout in the Lok Sabha elections.
The JD-U won only two of the 40 Lok Sabha seats from Bihar. In 2009, it won 20 seats in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“I led the election campaign from the front. I take full moral responsibility for the poll results and have tendered my resignation,” Nitish said at press conference.
In an oblique attack on the BJP’s prime minister-designate Narendra Modi, Nitish said the results showed polarisation on communal lines like never before. “The campaigning this election season was not issue-based. Parties relied on allegations and counter-allegations to appeal to the voters. We followed strong principles during our campaign,” he said.
“If you (people) fail to stop this communal tide, it would consume my government, your government,” Nitish had said before the election results were declared on Friday.
The JD-U won only two of the 40 Lok Sabha seats from Bihar. In 2009, it won 20 seats in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“I led the election campaign from the front. I take full moral responsibility for the poll results and have tendered my resignation,” Nitish said at press conference.
In an oblique attack on the BJP’s prime minister-designate Narendra Modi, Nitish said the results showed polarisation on communal lines like never before. “The campaigning this election season was not issue-based. Parties relied on allegations and counter-allegations to appeal to the voters. We followed strong principles during our campaign,” he said.
“If you (people) fail to stop this communal tide, it would consume my government, your government,” Nitish had said before the election results were declared on Friday.
Take moral responsibility of JD-U's election rout, Nitish says as he resigns as Bihar CM
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