Taking a dig at Mr.Prasad ‘s declaration not to contest elections in UP, senior Bihar BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav said, “Where is the political base of RJD in UP?”
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Putting all speculation to rest, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday distanced his party from Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly elections to favour his “samdhi” Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party (SP). Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the contrary has chose to extensively campaign for his party JD(U) and had also made a decision to field candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the elections which is to be held in 2017.
A JD(U) insider said, “Party’s prime focus will be the eastern part of the state as it touches Bihar, and Nitish Kumar is popular in those areas. In Uttar Pradesh, we do not want to divide the “secular forces” and the vote”, Purvey said. He added that his party would rather help “secular” forces defeat the “communal” Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
As per Aaj Tak, party supremo Yadav announced that they won’t be participating in the Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017. “My only agenda is to defeat the BJP and RSS in the country”. Lalu’s youngest daughter is married to Mulayam’s grandnephew.
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Talking to this newspaper, UP RJD president Mr Ashok Singh said, “The RJD does not want a further division of secular votes since that would give an edge to communal forces”.
