New Delhi:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday downplayed the cut up suffered by the Janata Dal (United) in Arunachal Pradesh the place all however one MLA of the get together have joined the BJP.
Mr Kumar, who’s the JD(U) nationwide president, sought to dismiss with a bitter chortle the event within the north-eastern state, the place his get together had gained seven seats within the meeting polls held final yr and change into the principle opposition group whereas the BJP, his coalition accomplice in Bihar, had achieved energy.
“We are focusing on our proposed meeting. They have gone their own way”, Mr Kumar stated in response to queries from journalists in regards to the cut up that got here forward of the JD(U)’s nationwide govt and nationwide council conferences scheduled this weekend.
The JD(U) has been contesting meeting polls in a lot of states with out having a truck with the BJP, insisting that its tie-up with the get together was “confined to Bihar”.
The get together made an exception solely within the Delhi meeting polls earlier this yr which it fought in alliance with the BJP although the coalition suffered a humiliating defeat by the hands of Aam Aadmi Party.
The success in Arunachal Pradesh had helped the JD(U) acquire recognition as a state get together there, a improvement which was hailed by its rank and file as an proof of its rising footprint beneath the management of the Bihar Chief Minister.
Meanwhile, the opposition RJD-Congress mix got here out with statements asserting that the event in Arunachal Pradesh gave a touch of the form of issues to come back in Bihar the place the JD(U) has already ceased to be the senior accomplice within the coalition.
“The BJP, by violating the coalition dharma, has sought to send out a clear message that it cares two hoots about Nitish Kumar who, on the other hand, is wary of even reacting”, RJD nationwide vice chairman Shivanand Tiwary stated in his assertion.
He additionally claimed that at a gathering with Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the nationwide capital not too long ago, the state’s two Deputy CMs — Tar Kishor Prasad and Renu Devi — have been informed by the previous that the folks of Bihar had reposed their belief in BJP which resulted in a majority for the NDA.
