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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has convened a meeting of Janata Dal-United MLAs and MPs on Tuesday to discuss the scenario that has emerged following the exit of former national president R C P Singh, party chief Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan said on Monday.
Talking to reporters in Patna, Lalan did not react to speculations that Kumar was planning to walk out of the National Democratic Alliance but took exception to the claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party had decided who would be a minister from the JD-U.
“I read in the newspapers that R C P Singh has said that he was told by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that his name had been approved for ministership. He claims to have taken oath after informing the CM. But this only confirms what we have been accusing RCP of,” the JD-U national president stated.
“The chief minister has called the meeting of party lawmakers tomorrow to know their views about the situation that has emerged in the wake of the RCP episode,” said Lalan, who had on Sunday called Kumar the maalik (boss) of the JD-U while insisting that the Bihar CM took all his decisions after due consultations with rank and file.
According to CNN-IBN report, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sought time to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi as the JD(U) chief was upset over the BJP portraying state as a terror haven. The development comes after sources said that Nitish Kumar dialled Sonia Gandhi on Sunday.
RJD leader Jagdanand Singh said that the party has not invited Nitish Kumar for an alliance. He said that there has been no talks between the two parties regarding any alliance.
