This is the first time a JD-U leader has openly expressed fears about the party's future.
Nishant Kumar's demand that the NDA name Nitish Kumar as its chief ministerial nominee is seen as a gambit to consolidate the CM's position in the ruling alliance.
All eyes are on the JD-U's national executive meeting on June 29 in New Delhi, where a decision in this regard may be taken.
Family and politics are often synonymous in India - no matter what party you talk of - and Bihar is no exception.
Saisuresh Sivaswamy tells us what we must know from the election news in the print and television media.
'Never before in Bengal had a single party been re-elected with two-thirds of the assembly,' notes Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien.