Nitish Kumar to convene JD(U) meet, amid speculations of rift with BJP

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Patna, Aug 08:
Bihar
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar
will
convene
a
meeting
of
all
Janata
Dal
(United)
legislators
and
parliamentarians
on
Tuesday,
amid
speculations
of
a
rift
with
the
BJP.
However,
JD(U)
national
president
Rajiv
Ranjan
Singh
alias
Lalan
Singh
has
denied
the
reports.
He
has
also
asserted
that
“all
is
well”
with
ally
BJP.

Though
Lalan
Singh
asserted
that
“all
is
well”
between
the
JD-U
and
the
BJP,
PTI
ources
say
Nitish
Kumar’s
meetings
with
RJD
chief
Tejashwi
Yadav
indicated
he
was
unhappy
with
the
BJP.

With
Bihar
CM
Nitish
Kumar
on
Sunday
skipping
an
important
NITI
Aayog
meeting
chaired
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
the
relationship
between
the
BJP
and
the
Janata
Dal-United
is
again
under
the
scanner.
There
has
been
no
official
word
on
the
reason
behind
Kumar’s
absence.

PM
Modi
holds
NITI
Aayog
meet
with
states,
KCR,
Nitish
Kumar
absent

Amid
speculations
of
growing
closeness
between
the
JD-U
and
Lalu
Prasad’s
Rashtriya
Janata
Dal
yet
again
and
the
buzz
about
some
“major
political
change
in
Bihar
soon”,
the
JD-U
supremo
today
skipped
the
Governing
Council
meeting
of
the
NITI
Aayog,
the
second
time
in
a
row
from
a
major
government
event.

A
few
days
back,
he
also
skipped
a
dinner
hosted
by
PM
Modi
for
outgoing
President
Ram
Nath
Kovind.

The
JD-U
is
a
part
of
the
BJP-led
National
Democratic
Alliance
(NDA).

Though
officially
the
reason
being
given
is
that
Nitish
Kumar
was
recovering
from
a
recent
Covid
infection,
speaking
to
the
media
in
Patna
JD-U
president
Rajiv
Ranjan
Singh
alias
Lalan
Singh
slammed
RCP
Singh
and
said
his
party
continues
to
hold
the
stand
of
2019
when
after
the
Lok
Sabha
polls
it
decided
to
not
join
the
government
at
the
centre.

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