<p>Atul Kumar Singh, a senior researcher at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, released his original paper in the varsity Thursday night to prove his plagiarism charges against the Janata Dla-United (JD-U) chief. </p>.<p>In the past few days, local dailies had widely reported that Nitish Kumar had written the 80 page book "Special Category Status - A Case for Bihar". The government had issued no denial.</p>.<p>"I was shocked when I realised that the book was a copy of my research paper. I could have never in my wildest imagination think that the chief minister would use my work and claim it to be his," Singh told IANS on phone from New Delhi.</p>.<p>Singh had Thursday claimed that he had submitted his paper to the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) and it was later copied by Nitish Kumar.</p>.<p>In response to Singh's allegations, the chief minister's office said Nitish Kumar was only endorsing the book brought out by the ADRI and had not authored it. </p>.<p>The book was to be unveiled here Friday by renowned economist Lord Meghnad Desai. JD-U sources said Nitish Kumar was likely to skip the function.</p>.<p>Singh's allegations came just a day before the results of the Lok Sabha elections. Nitish Kumar's JD-U and alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have expressed confidence that they will sweep Bihar in the polls.</p>.<p>Singh, who belongs to Bihar's Saran district, had contested the Lok Sabha elections from Chapra constituency in 2004 as an independent.</p>
<p>Atul Kumar Singh, a senior researcher at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, released his original paper in the varsity Thursday night to prove his plagiarism charges against the Janata Dla-United (JD-U) chief. </p>.<p>In the past few days, local dailies had widely reported that Nitish Kumar had written the 80 page book "Special Category Status - A Case for Bihar". The government had issued no denial.</p>.<p>"I was shocked when I realised that the book was a copy of my research paper. I could have never in my wildest imagination think that the chief minister would use my work and claim it to be his," Singh told IANS on phone from New Delhi.</p>.<p>Singh had Thursday claimed that he had submitted his paper to the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) and it was later copied by Nitish Kumar.</p>.<p>In response to Singh's allegations, the chief minister's office said Nitish Kumar was only endorsing the book brought out by the ADRI and had not authored it. </p>.<p>The book was to be unveiled here Friday by renowned economist Lord Meghnad Desai. JD-U sources said Nitish Kumar was likely to skip the function.</p>.<p>Singh's allegations came just a day before the results of the Lok Sabha elections. Nitish Kumar's JD-U and alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have expressed confidence that they will sweep Bihar in the polls.</p>.<p>Singh, who belongs to Bihar's Saran district, had contested the Lok Sabha elections from Chapra constituency in 2004 as an independent.</p>