Bihar’s Political Earthquake: Amit Shah Scripts BJP Power Grab

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In a dramatic shift, Bihar’s longest-serving CM vacates the throne — and Amit Shah emerges as the master architect of a new political order

By TRH Political Desk

New Delhi, March 6, 2026 — Bihar’s political landscape was jolted as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced his withdrawal from executive politics, paving the way for a Bharatiya Janata Party leader to assume the Chief Ministership — only months after the state election mandate had handed his Janata Dal (United) a strengthened position in the assembly.

The move has stunned political observers, given that JD(U)’s numbers in the Bihar assembly gave Kumar little reason to bow to any pressure. Even in a previous term, when he held just 43 seats, he had successfully completed a full tenure in alliance with the BJP.

Political analyst Manish Anand, commenting in his programme The Raisina Hills, pointed directly at Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the driving force behind the transition. “Amit Shah is the scriptwriter of this entire episode,” Anand said, adding: “He was present when Nitish Kumar filed his Rajya Sabha nomination. The last time Kumar visited Delhi, he met Shah. This is a carefully choreographed political move.”

Anand suggested Kumar’s primary motivation is dynastic — securing a political future for his son Nishant Kumar. “Every political father wants his legacy passed on within his lifetime. Nitish Kumar is doing exactly that. But in doing so, he is dismantling the very legacy he built — one that was modelled on Karpoori Thakur, who never brought family into politics.”

The transition also signals a broader consolidation of BJP’s dominance over regional alliance partners. Following Maharashtra, Bihar now becomes another state where the BJP has wrested the Chief Ministership from a coalition partner. “One more crutch has been removed,” Anand noted, referring to the NDA government’s dependence on regional allies. He added that “the central government no longer faces any threat from JD (U).”

Kumar’s departure also comes against a backdrop of governance concerns — deteriorating law and order, multiple bridge collapses, and rising crime — that had visibly eroded his “Sushasan Babu” image in recent years.

With the 2029 Lok Sabha elections on the horizon, BJP now faces the urgent task of delivering visible development in Bihar under new leadership.