Bihar CM back into NDA fold: Markets cheer break in mahagathbandhan
Nitish Kumar decision to snap ties has come as a jolt to the
Grand Alliance, or the 'Mahagathbandhan' as it was popularly known, but the
markets will take this development as a long-term positive for the Narendra
Modi - led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, feel
analysts.Reacting to key domestic and global developments, themarkets gained
ground on Thursday, with the S&P BSESensex rallying nearly 220 points to
32,602 levels and the Nifty50 index gaining 66 points to 10,087 levels.
In post market hours on Wednesday,
Nitish Kumar quit as the Chief Minister of Bihar, ending the two-year old
'Mahagathbandhan' that included his party - the Janata Dal (United), or the
JDU, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD's)Lalu Yadav and the Congress.
The move, analysts say, will
be seen as a long-term positive by the markets and will strengthen the
government's bargaining power in the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of
Parliament.
A loss in Bihar was the
biggest setback for Narendra Modi after his party formed the government in
2014. Nitish forming a government again and forming an alliance with the BJP
will give more fire power to the latter in the Rajya Sabha. This augurs well
for the overall policy reform agenda of the government. It is a blessing in
disguise for the markets," says A K Prabhakar, head of research at IDBI Capital

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