As a colorful politician and master of deceit, Lalu Prasad Yadaw has done what he is best at. He has impaled Nitish Kumar upon the horns a dilemma that offers only two possibilities, leave Lalu or surrender to him, neither of which is comfortable position and neither practically acceptable to Nitish Kumar.
For the readers of Bihartimes.com, I have copied from the web, many types of names given to dilemma. Could they describe Mr. Nitish Kumar? Types
Extortion: the choice between paying the extortionist and suffering an unpleasant action.
Fairness dilemmas: when groups are faced with making decisions about how to share their resources, rewards, or payoffs.
Hobson's choice: a choice between something and nothing; "take it or leave it".
Morton's fork: choices yield equivalent, often undesirable, results.
Prisoner's dilemma: An inability to coordinate makes cooperation difficult and defection tempting.
Samaritan's dilemma: the choice between providing charity and improving another's condition, and withholding it to prevent them from becoming dependent.
Sophie's choice: a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen.
Zugzwang: One must move and incur harm when one would prefer to make no move (esp. in chess).