Difference of opinion

Sushil Modi said that if Nitish Kumar decides to dump Prasad, the BJP will support his government

Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were flummoxed at the comments of their Bihar leader Sushil Modi after the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad will have to face conspiracy charges in fodder scam cases. Sushil Modi said in Patna that if Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar decides to dump Prasad, the BJP will support his government. Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and BJP were allies in Bihar for 17 years, before Kumar walked out of the partnership and struck an alliance with Prasad’s RJD. Party leaders in New Delhi said Kumar was unlikely