Target 2019: Does Opposition need Nitish Kumar more than he needs them?

To recover lost space within Oppn, JD (U) to take up issues of farmer protests, mob lynchings

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday rejected speculation that its ‘grand alliance’ in Bihar is on the verge of collapse. But in an echo of ‘anti-Congressism’ of socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia, JD (U) also warned Congress to not take the party for granted.

JD (U) spokesperson KC Tyagi said that his party might have severed its 17-year long alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2013. It might even have aligned with the Congress in Bihar but JD (U) wasn't a constituent of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, and had its separate identity.

Tyagi