JD(U) leaders free to quit party and join BJP: Nitish

July 09, 2012 16:57

In a indication of growing strife between NDA allies in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said any JD(U) leader was free to quit the party and join BJP. "Anybody wanting to quit JD(U) can do so and join BJP," he told reporters in reply to a question.

The Chief Minister's comments assumes significance in the wake of war of words between the state leaders of JD(U) and BJP, with each claiming that the leaders of the other party, including MLAs and MPs, were willing to join them. The strife between the two long standing allies had intensified after former BJP MLC Sanjay Jha quit his party and joined JD(U) in the presence of the Chief Minister last week.

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