Nitish will break from Lalu to enjoy absolute power, not because of his aversion to corruption.

Patna: CBI raids at properties of Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family in 12 locations over alleged corruption charges have revived speculations of a possible break in Bihar's grand alliance, which includes RJD, JD(U) and Congress.

The BJP leaders have given the clarion call for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to break the alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Many television presenters as well as commentators have already been upbeat that Nitish will soon announce to the world that he is set to dump Lalu and embrace the BJP.

There were similar excited speculations in the media when the Income Tax department raided 22 locations related to Lalu's family in May this year as part of its investigation into almost a dozen Benami property deals. That time too, there were many, including those in the BJP, who had urged Nitish to walk out of the three-party grand alliance and once again embrace the BJP, with which it had cohabited for 17 years before the split in 2013.

If he breaks with the RJD and re-embraces BJP any time in the future – that is not likely in the immediate run – then it would not be on account of his aversion to corruption, but because he loves to exercise power without the pinpricks of an alliance partner.