JOIN USBihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Saturday dared rebel Rajya Sabha MP and former party chief Sharad Yadav to split the JD(U).
Launching a blistering attack during the national executive committee meeting here, Nitish reminded Sharad how he persuaded George Fernandes, the then JD(U) president, to send him (Sharad) to the Rajya Sabha when he lost the Lok Sabha polls in 2004.
“We have 71 MLAs, 30 MLCs, besides two MPs in the Lok Sabha. Sharadji, if you have guts and courage, please try to split the party. Not one MLA or MLC is with you. And the one MP who is with you (in reference to rebel MP Ali Anwar), please remind him that he went to the Upper House with the support of BJP MLAs in 2012. If you dare to split the party, you will lose even your membership because you know you don’t have the two-thirds majority to effect a split,” said Nitish.
Earlier in the day, the JD(U) passed a resolution saying that the party was joining the BJP-led NDA as it was not possible to run the grand alliance government in the company of the RJD and the Congress.
“The 2015 Assembly poll mandate was for the rule of law and good governance. It was not meant to indulge in corrupt practices and make benami property,” Nitish said.