Nitish Kumar's party targeted BJP, increased tension in NDA alliance
RCP Singh, a former Indian Administrative Service officer and once the national president of JD(U), said at the time of leaving JDU that there has been a conspiracy against me because I had become a Union minister. At the same time, he said that I will only say that there is no cure for jealousy. Also attacking Nitish Kumar, he said that "Nitish Kumar will not become the Prime Minister in any of his seven births."
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of all the MLAs and MPs of the Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday, amid speculation that he is going to take a decision against the BJP. After the assembly elections of the year 2020, there are many such reasons due to which the tension between both the parties has increased. Firstly, there was a dispute between JDU and BJP over the share in the Union Cabinet. When JDU rejected BJP's offer of token stake. Later, although RCP Singh became a minister at the Center from JDU quota while being the president of RCP Singh, but last month Nitish Kumar's party did not give RCP Singh a Rajya Sabha ticket, due to which he had to resign from the Narendra Modi cabinet. Amidst all the developments, RCP Singh said goodbye to JDU on Saturday.
RCP Singh, a former Indian Administrative Service officer and once the national president of JD(U), said at the time of leaving JDU that there has been a conspiracy against me because I had become a Union minister. At the same time, he said that I will only say that there is no cure for jealousy. Also attacking Nitish Kumar, he said that "Nitish Kumar will not become the Prime Minister in any of his seven births."
After the attacks of RCP Singh, on Sunday, Nitish Kumar sent his top leaders in front of the media for answers. The leaders attacked RCP Singh citing illegal property deals. JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh not only responded to the attacks by RCP Singh. Rather, he also threatened the coalition party BJP. Rajeev Ranjan told reporters, "What was the need to join the Union Cabinet? The Chief Minister had decided in 2019 that we will not be a part of the Union Cabinet." He said that the JDU will not be included in the Union Cabinet in the near future as well.
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