2022 Video of Nitish Kumar Quitting NDA Shared as Recent
A video of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar stating that everyone wants Janata Dal-United (JD(U)) to leave the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is being widely shared on social media, with the claim that it is a recent incident and that he will join the I.N.D.I.A bloc, leading to the collapse of Modi’s government. Let’s verify the accuracy of this claim.
Claim: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that he would leave NDA and join the I.N.D.I.A bloc leading to the collapse of the Modi Government.
Fact: The video is from August 2022, when Nitish Kumar left the NDA and resigned as Bihar CM, only to be re-elected under the Mahagathbandhan. Therefore, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
A reverse image search of the viral video led us to the full video, uploaded on the YouTube channel of the media outlet ‘The Print’ on 09 August 2022. In this video, Nitish Kumar stated that JD(U) leaders had decided to leave the NDA, which prompted his resignation as Bihar CM. Media reports covering this incident can be found here and here.
In August 2022, Nitish Kumar left the NDA and formed the government in Bihar under the Mahagathbandhan. However, in January 2024, he rejoined the NDA, which formed the central government after getting a majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. We couldn’t find any reports or official confirmation of Nitish Kumar recently quitting the NDA.
To sum up, the 2022 Video of Nitish Kumar Quitting NDA is Shared as Recent.