"It is still a speculation": NCP chief Sharad Pawar on JDU rejoining NDA
Bihar, all political parties in the State held meetings on Saturday with party leaders and legislators in Patna after likelihood that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may jump ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar said that «it is just a speculation as nothing has been finalised yet.
The NCP is an ally of the JDU in the INDIA bloc.
»Has it been finalised yet? It is still a speculation," Pawar told in Maharashtra's Mumbai.
Several NDA leaders including former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi have indicated an alliance breakdown between JD(U)-RJD.
Meanwhile, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda on Saturday amid the political turmoil in Bihar.
Paswan said he kept «his concerns over Bihar» before the BJP leaders in the meeting held at the residence of Amit Shah. Several media reports have claimed that the LJP has a fear of being 'sidelined' after the possible entry of the JDU in the NDA alliance.
«It was important to know what is happening in Bihar today.
On this issue, I held a meeting with Amit Shah and JP Nadda ji today. I have kept my concerns before them over Bihar. They have given assurance on various issues.
The situation is very positive regarding the alliance. In the coming days, the situation will become more clear, and after that, our party will take a stand. We are a part of NDA today,» he told reporters.
Chirag Paswan and Nitish Kumar have slammed each other in the past.
Meanwhile, leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday gathered at party supremo Lalu Prasad's home in Patna for an emergency meeting convened by deputy chief minister Tejashwi
