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JD-U continues to bat for RJD even as Nitish to skip Opposition meet tomorrow
July 10, 2017
Backing its ally, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Janata Dal
(United) said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won't succeed in
breaking the back of the united opposition.
Asserting that Lalu
Yadav is an integral part of the united opposition, JD(U) leader Sharad
Yadav told ANI, "This tirade which has been unleashed against Lalu Yadav
and his family because the BJP wants break the united opposition, but
this is impossible, we will unite."
Meanwhile, Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar is unlikely to attend the opposition meeting to
decide their choice for vice-president tomorrow.
It is being said
that Nitish is recovering from a viral infection, but speculation is
widespread that he wants to avoid the media in view of the recent CBI raids on the RJD leader and alliance partner Lalu Prasad Yadav and family. He is
also reportedly miffed over the opposition's criticism of him for not
siding with their choice as presidential candidate Meira Kumar.
The
Bihar chief minister, however, has called national and state lawmakers
of his JD-U party for a meeting in Patna on Tuesday.
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