Rivals take a swipe at strained BJP-JD(U) ties

June 04, 2019 09:15

Reports of strained ties between Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal-United has raised the political temperature in Bihar with key opposition parties uniting in lashing out at the two parties.

Bihar's main opposition party Rashtriya Janata Dal has alleged that the current situation reaffirms that the public has been cheated.

"Though it is an internal issue of these two parties, it cannot be denied that these two parties came together to betray people of Bihar. This is why the public has to bear the brunt of political strain between these two parties," RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha told ANI.

Congress leader Tariq Anwar outlined JD-U's missing representation from the Union Cabinet to assert that everything doesn't seem right between the two parties.

"Nitish Kumar is teaching BJP a lesson. He refused its offer of giving one cabinet birth in Central cabinet to JD-U and later expanded the Bihar cabinet by completely sidelining the BJP legislators.

"This makes it evident that not everything is right between two alliance partners and in coming times Nitish Kumar can create problems for BJP. He has already hinted that he has other options", said Anwar.

Previously, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party leader Upendra Kushwaha had taken a jibe at the JD(U)-BJP alliance by stating that BJP must be ready for a 'second betrayal' from Nitish Kumar.

However, the JD-U has already refuted claims of having a strained relationship with BJP.

The JDU on May 30 decided to not be a part of Prime Minister Modi's new ministry, rejecting the BJP's offer of only one ministerial berth. -- ANI

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