Nitish Kumar,who is also president of Janata Dal (United), told reporters in Patna. Nitish Kumar said this a day after his party has made clear that JD-U will remain a part of the NDA in Bihar. It will contest the state assembly polls next year as part of the NDA.But at the same time the JD-U announced that it would contest the assembly polls in Jharkhand, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, and Haryana on its own. The JD-U as an NDA ally won 16 of the 17 seats it contested in the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar. Nitish 

Kumar in a reference to BJP Union Minister Giriraj Singh's statements during the Lok Sabha campaign trail that ended last month polls said the JD-U had never compromised with its fundamental ideology. Nitish Kumar said he would attend the Niti Aayog meeting in Delhi and reiterated that he will raise the old demand of a special category status to Bihar.