Words like opportunism, righteousness, or, for that matter, inner voice of conscience have lost meaning in contemporary politics. Even a moniker such 'Paltu Ram' (a habitual turncoat) is not getting the same traction for Bihar's ‘evergreen’ Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as it did when he walked out on the grand alliance of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress to restore his alliance with the BJP-led NDA in 2017.