Some JD-U members to change camps over Nitish speech?

April 20, 2013 16:47

Apprehensions are rife about a possible split in the Parliamentary party of the Janata Dal-United as many of them disapprove of the harsh speech by Bihar Chief Minister NItish Kumar on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his party, the BJP.

A senior JD-U MP is in touch with both the Congress the BJP -- indicating that six MPs would be ready to cross over at any point of time.

These MPs are stoutly opposed to the extra influence of JD-U Rajya Sabha member N K Singh on Nitish. Grapevine is that JD-U president Sharad Yadav is the brains behind this coup. But he is unlikely to come out in the open against Nitish.

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