Goodbye BJP, hello JD-U, for Shatrughan Sinha?


The BJP MP, who has openly critical about his party, met the Bihar CM at this residence today.


Yesterday, as the BJP's fortunes in the state crashed, Sinha sent out a series of tweets:

"It appears the issue of Bihari vs Bahari (and Bihari Babu's absence) has been settled once and for all," he tweeted, following it up with "Wishing great luck to our victorious friends and appealing for introspection to our people. The writing was always on the wall".


Once among the BJP's star campaigners, Sinha has been sidelined by the party leadership. He has often taken potshots at the party for the way it has conducted the campaign in Bihar.


Nitish Kumar had made "Bihari vs Bahri" one of his main campaign themes, terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, two most prominent NDA campaigners, as outsiders as he asked people to choose him, a Bihari.


Sinha sent out four tweets hours before the Bihar election results were official. Speaking to TV channels Sinha also said, "I'm sad my party has not done well, we could have done better. I was not part and parcel this time (for campaign). I was left out of the campaign. Accountability must be fixed."
 
He also tweeted, "The call of the day is introspection, modified and better strategy, teamwork and coordination in the future. Salute once again to Biharis."

The BJP will also discuss Sinha's continuous jibes at the party at the Parliamentary Board meeting.