<h1>Nitish Kumar combines alliance-switching with targeted governance measures to retain executive control and electoral resilience.</h1> Nitish Kumar's career is defined by strategic alliance shifts and coalition management that have enabled him to retain executive control despite criticisms of opportunism. He combined tactical realignments-forming, dissolving and re-entering partnerships with the BJP and other parties-with governance measures such as law-and-order improvements, sub-quotas for marginalised groups, and targeted welfare programs. By using trust-vote dynamics, negotiated resignations and reappointments, and programmatic appeal, he has maintained electoral resilience and prevented rivals from securing uncontested control of the state executive.