As Bihar's mercurial CM Nitish Kumar splits with BJP twice in eight years; #palturam trends on Twitter

Patna: On a day when Bihar’s mercurial Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has split with ally BJP for a second time in eight years, twitteratis trended hashtag #palturam attacking Kumar for switching sides frequently.

There were several memes shared on social media under the #palturam hashtag ridiculing Kumar.

#PaltuRam #BiharPolitics #BiharPoliticalCrisis pic.twitter.com/ANY9ABKd64

— Mayank Raj Parmar (@imayankparmar) August 9, 2022

Another Twitter user shared a video compating 2017 and 2019 when RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad had attacked Kumar for switching sides.

मान्य पलटू राम जी@NitishKumar @laluprasadrjd @tarkishorepd @TejYadav14 @yadavtejashwi @narendramodi @AmitShah #palturam #BiharPolitics pic.twitter.com/No40Ce3ckI

— Ravicky15 (@Ravicky151) August 9, 2022

RJD has supported Nitish Kumar for the CM post.

#BiharPolitics #NitishKumar #JDU #BJP #Bihar

Nitish Kumar after every few months#Palturam of politics pic.twitter.com/6NL8W1QtbJ

— Pradeep Gupta (@pradeepjourno) August 9, 2022

Sharing a poster of Nitish Kumar, another Twitter user commented that Kumar is not loyal to anyone including the people of Bihar.

जो जय प्रकाश नारायण, जार्ज फर्नांडिस, शरद यादव और सबसे बड़ी बात बिहार की जनता का नही हुआ वो किसका होगा जो भगवान ही जाने!

नीतीश कुमार को लेकर लालू यादव ने जो कहा था वो आज सही साबित हो रहा है कि “नीतीश कुमार के तो पेट में दांत है#palturam#NitishKumar#BiharPolitics pic.twitter.com/TuSzJXbuuv

— Sandeep Rajput (@sandeep_barh) August 9, 2022