Taking cue from the BJP, Nitish Kumar is playing out his cards very carefully for the Bihar Assembly elections. Just like the BJP, Nitish has also had several election surveys conducted. Sources say the results of these public opinion surveys will throw a mixed message. The survey says that if Nitish gets the present JD-U MLAs back on the election trail, 28 of them are sure to lose. Nitish is duty bound to give tickets to 22 of the 28 MLAs. Of these, he is ready to give another chance to six only because they are veteran JD-U leaders and have been behind Nitish in every situation.