Bihar Election 2025: The many turns of Nitish Kumar – Is he still relevant in state politics?

: Ideological consistency has never been Nitish Kumar ’s calling card — survival has. In a career spanning over three decades, Kumar has turned coalition shifts into a political art form, realigning his loyalties as deftly as others might shift cabinet portfolios. Once celebrated as “Sushasan Babu” — the man who promised clean governance and restored order to Bihar — he is now equally remembered for his political pirouettes. From 1994 to 2025, Nitish Kumar has rewritten coalition logic in Bihar.

Kumar’s alliance acrobatics are not just a Bihar story. His moves have repeatedly disrupted opposition strategies, unsettled BJP-Congress equations and forced parties to redraw the arithmetic of anti-BJP coalitions.

With Bihar Election 2025 almost a month away, let’s take a look at Chief Minis