Why BJP and Nitish can't kiss and make up

June 18, 2013 12:09

A political alliance must end when its survival becomes untenable. The ruling coalition in Bihar had been doomed from the time Narendra Modi became the leading light of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Nitish Kumar had no choice but to oppose Mr Modi's elevation, just as the BJP had little option other than anointing the party's most popular leader. Read the editorial on the Telegraph.

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