India, Feb. 8 -- BJP's sensitivity to Nitish hampers decision-making, as JDU's popularity continues to decline steadily.

New Delhi: With the Bihar elections less than nine months away, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the state, which is in coalition with the Janta Dal United JDU, is ensuring that it gives no reason for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to get upset and consider a potential tie-up with his former ally-turned-foe, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

However, this 'care' or 'over-sensitivity' towards the 73-year-old Kumar, who announced in the 2020 polls that the 2025 elections would be his last, has resulted in state BJP leaders and ministers failing to assert themselves, even in areas where they are co...