Nitish Kumar's JD-U to support Opposition in vice-presidential elections
“The JD-U will support the opposition if it announces its candidate for the vice-presidential polls,” party’s national spokesperson KC Tyagi has told the media.
The development comes after top Congress leadership reached out at a rapprochement with the JD-U and has warned its leaders against speaking against the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar who heads the JD-U.
The JD-U has supported NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind against opposition’s Meira Kumar but the party says “this is a one-time decision”.
The Congress has termed Nitish Kumar as one of the “trusted” allies which helped the grand alliance checkmate BJP-led NDA in the last assembly elections in Bihar.
Reports said Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will very soon be meeting the Bihar chief minister to clear any “confusion”, if any, between them.
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