DEEPENING FAULTLINES

May 29

Nitish Kumar refuses the BJP’s offer of one berth for the JD(U) in the Union Cabinet

June 2

Kumar inducts eight JD(U) MLAs in Bihar cabinet, offers one berth to the BJP

June 4

Union minister Giriraj Singh taunts Kumar for attending iftars; Rabri Devi says the RJD is open to the JD(U)’s return to the grand alliance

June 6

JD(U) vice-president Prashant Kishor agrees to offer electoral consultancy to Mamata Banerjee for 2021 West Bengal assembly poll

June 9

JD(U) says it will go solo in the Haryana, J&K, Jharkhand and Delhi elections