Nitish no more belongs to JD(U), party Sharad Yadav's now: Lalu Yadav

Patna (Bihar): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday asserted that his former friend and ally Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar does not belong to Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) anymore.

"Nitish Kumar does not belong to JD(U) anymore, it is Sharad Yadav's now. He has gone to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is bowing before the same Amit Shah whom he used to abuse earlier," Lalu said.

Lalu further said that he will be holding a press conference at 3 pm on Saturday, and will highlight the details of a scam involving Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi.

Earlier on Saturday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah announced that he has extended an invitation to Nitish to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

This is the first official development between Nitish and the BJP, post the debacle in July, with Nitish Kumar resigning as the Bihar Chief Minister and breaking ties with the grand alliance and then forming the government with the saffron party.

In a tweet on Saturday morning, Shah spoke about their meeting on Friday and that he invited Nitish to join BJP's national coalition.

This was their first in-person interaction since Nitish reconfigured his government in Bihar to include the BJP in July.

Shah earlier tweeted a snap from their meeting and posted, "Met Chief Minister of Bihar Shri @NitishKumar."

The Bihar Chief Minister also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.

In July, BJP's mounting pressure on Nitish to oust then Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav from the Cabinet led to the departure of JD-U and RJD led 'mahagatbandhan' government in Bihar with Nitish's resignation.

This came after the CBI registered a corruption case against RJD chief Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejaswi Yadav on allegations of awarding the tender for development, maintenance and operation of hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2006.

Nitish, however, swore-in as the Bihar Chief Minister the very next day with Sushil Modi as his Deputy Chief Minister.

Reasoning out the whole drama, Nitish Kumar reiterated that he quit the 'grand alliance' in Bihar for the development of the state.