The JD(U) headed by Nitish Kumar today hit at rebel Sharad Yadav faction saying that even after rejection of application for party symbol twice, they are trying to buy time from Election Commission as a 'shield' to protect Rajya Sabha membership of Yadav.
"Even after their application has been rejected twice by the EC as its not backed by any valid papers, Sharad Yadav and his aides are trying to buy time from election panel," new JD(U) Parliamentary party leader in Parliament R C P Singh told PTI here today.
"They are doing so with sole intent to use their plea a 'shield' to protect the Rajya Sabha membership of Sharad Yadav," Singh, a trusted aide of Nitish Kumar, said.
The Sharad Yadav faction had on Sunday last said that it will submit fresh application to claim party's poll symbol of arrow after the Election Commission asked it to provide evidence to back the demand.
Singh, who replaced Yadav as Parliamentary party head, described as "unconstitutional" Sharad Yadav faction calling a meeting of national executive earlier on September 17 and now summoning national council meet on October 8.
"They have no constitutional right to call any such meeting of the party," he said.
Singh laughed at Yadav raising issue against election of Nitish Kumar as President of JD(U) of which he himself was a part.
"It was Sharad Yadav who had proposed name of Nitish Kumar for JD(U) President which the party national executive had ratified at Rajgir in 2016," the JD(U) Parliamentary party chief said.
"I and Javed Raza (suspended JD-U General Secretary who is now approaching EC on behalf of Sharad Yadav) had apprised the EC then about Nitish Kumar election as party President," he added.
Differences between Sharad Yadav and Nitish Kumar factions in the wake of disintegration of the Grand Alliance have reached a point of no return now and the two groups have knocked the EC for allotment of symbol to them.
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