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Angry with Nitish Kumar, JD-U leader quits from Rajaya Sabha
The JD(U) saw a virtual split after Kumar, the Bihar CM, decided to break ranks with the RJD and the Cong in Bihar and join the NDA in July.
New Delhi: Senior leader of the Janata Dal (United) M.P. Veerendra Kumar on Wednesday resigned from the Rajaya Sabha as he did not want to align with the NDA according to the decision taken by his party chief Nitish Kumar.
“Legally, I’m in Rajya Sabha as a member of Nitish Kumar’s party. I don’t agree with his stand dumping the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ and alingning with the Sangh Parivar and the BJP,” he said after sending his letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.
Questioned on the Gujarat polls, he said: “The Gujarat election results were not a victory for Modi but, if anything, it suggests otherwise,” he said, adding that the opposition parties must evaluate the result in the coming days.
The JD(U) saw a virtual split after Mr Kumar, the Bihar chief minister, decided to break ranks with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress in Bihar and join the NDA in July. Mr Kumar is a media baron from Kerala.
