India, Jan. 20 -- The opposition Mahagathbandhan in Bihar has questioned the timing of chief minister Nitish Kumar's ongoing Samriddhi Yatra and the state government's decision to present the annual budget on February 3, alleging that both moves reflect political signalling within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rather than administrative urgency.

Leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress argued that the overlap between the outreach tour and the early budget date indicates pressure on the chief minister from his senior ally at the Centre and junior partner in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). According to the Opposition, the yatra and the budget calendar together suggest an effort by Kumar to rea...