Days after quitting the NDA, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha joined the UPA on Thursday in the presence of leaders of the grand alliance in Bihar who said they would together throw the BJP out of power in 2019.
The announcement of Kushwaha joining the 'mahagathbandhan' of opposition parties in Bihar came at a press conference at the party headquarters here in the presence of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, AICC state in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, opposition leader Sharad Yadav and Jitan Ram Manjhi who heads the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular).
Welcoming Kushwaha into the grand alliance, the leaders said they will "together throw the BJP out of power" and will work towards mitigating the plight of the people of Bihar and the country.
The former Union minister, who held the education portfolio in the NDA government, joined the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) after holding talks with the top Congress leadership.
On a seat-sharing arrangement with the UPA, he said, "We will take the right decision at the right time."
Asked about Bihar Congress leader Ranjeet Ranjan's remarks that Nitish Kumar is welcome into the grand alliance, Gohil said, "It is a hypothetical question."
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