The Bihar chief minister has set himself the duty of aligning opposition events in opposition to the BJP for the 2024 common election. Not solely does it imply bringing numerous regional forces collectively, but additionally getting the Congress to scale down its ambitions wherever wanted

Nitish Kumar addresses mediapersons in New Delhi on April 12 as Tejashwi Yadav, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi look on. (Photo: ANI)

Ask Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar and Janata Dal (United) supremo, how a lot sugar he needs in his cup of tea, and he’ll probably inform you, only a quarter spoon, not a pinch extra. Any extra, he thinks, will smash his cuppa. That identical consideration to element and the willingness to attain an ideal steadiness might maybe come in useful as, a yr forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, he units out to repair a special, a lot greater, boiling pot: of an implosive, perpetually scorching nationwide opposition.