Parallel JD-U meetings today, action against Sharad Yadav likely
August 19, 2017  08:51
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The Janata Dal-United is set to hold parallel meetings of rival camps, led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and partys ousted Rajya Sabha leader Sharad Yadav, in Patna on Saturday amid indications that the Nitish-led national executive meeting could decide to take tough action against Yadav. Top leaders of both factions, however, dismissed reports of a split, each claiming to be the genuine party unit.


While JD-U general secretary K C Tyagi said that the national executive meeting at the chief ministers 1-Anne Marg residence is the partys official programme, Bihar JD(U) chief spokesperson Sanjay Singh said, We have nothing to do with Jan Adalat programme (to be organised by the Sharad Yadav faction).

Suspended JD-U general secretary Arun Srivastava, who is in the Yadav camp, however, said that no JD-U national executive has yet been constituted, and thus the meeting is null and void. Claiming that Yadav is leader of the real JD-U, he said, If only four states are recognised by them, let them be the leader of four state units. Most of the state units are with us.
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