<p>Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday backed LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan statement that "Sabka saath, sabka vikas" should not only become a mere slogan but it should be implemented on the ground as well.</p>.<p>Paswan, a key National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally, had on Sunday expressed his displeasure over the way the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had been treating its alliance partners.</p>.<p>"After the bypoll result, the top BJP leadership should ponder over what went wrong in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Why a large section of people, particularly Dalits and minorities, have turned against the BJP? The ruling party should learn a lesson or two from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), which always gave its alliance partners due weight and respect," said Paswan, who has six MPs from Bihar.</p>.<p>However, the Union food and consumer affairs minister clarified that he was not raising a bogey of revolt. "I am with the NDA. And will remain with the NDA," reiterated Paswan.</p>.<p>On Monday, Nitish, after talking to Paswan, said, "given his (LJP chief) seniority, the BJP should give due weight to what the Union minister had been saying."</p>.<p>At the same time, Nitish disapproved the BJP's attempt to give communal colour in Araria, Bhagalpur and Darbhanga.</p>.<p>"The DGP has already clarified that the killing in Darbhanga was not due to the naming of a chowk after Modi. It was a land dispute case," Nitish said adding that he was against "divisive politics' as much as he was against 'corruption'.</p>.<p>Nitish also appeared to have softened his stance towards the RJD chief when asked about a report in a national daily which last week reported said that the CBI legal wing found no evidence against Lalu in land-for-hotel scam (when Lalu was a railway minister in UPA-I).</p>.<p>"This is what I said that time. I wanted more clarification from them (RJD chief) on the issue but they did not...."</p>.<p>The Bihar chief minister, however, did not react on the CBI court verdict in the fodder scam on Monday. "It's a judicial process. And one need not react on such issues every time," said the JD (U) strongman.</p>.<p>He also welcomed UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's dinner party for the Opposition. "What's wrong with her dinner party? Every Opposition leader makes an effort to unite like-minded people," averred Nitish, who severed ties with the Congress and the RJD in July last year before joining the NDA.</p>
<p>Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday backed LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan statement that "Sabka saath, sabka vikas" should not only become a mere slogan but it should be implemented on the ground as well.</p>.<p>Paswan, a key National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally, had on Sunday expressed his displeasure over the way the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had been treating its alliance partners.</p>.<p>"After the bypoll result, the top BJP leadership should ponder over what went wrong in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Why a large section of people, particularly Dalits and minorities, have turned against the BJP? The ruling party should learn a lesson or two from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), which always gave its alliance partners due weight and respect," said Paswan, who has six MPs from Bihar.</p>.<p>However, the Union food and consumer affairs minister clarified that he was not raising a bogey of revolt. "I am with the NDA. And will remain with the NDA," reiterated Paswan.</p>.<p>On Monday, Nitish, after talking to Paswan, said, "given his (LJP chief) seniority, the BJP should give due weight to what the Union minister had been saying."</p>.<p>At the same time, Nitish disapproved the BJP's attempt to give communal colour in Araria, Bhagalpur and Darbhanga.</p>.<p>"The DGP has already clarified that the killing in Darbhanga was not due to the naming of a chowk after Modi. It was a land dispute case," Nitish said adding that he was against "divisive politics' as much as he was against 'corruption'.</p>.<p>Nitish also appeared to have softened his stance towards the RJD chief when asked about a report in a national daily which last week reported said that the CBI legal wing found no evidence against Lalu in land-for-hotel scam (when Lalu was a railway minister in UPA-I).</p>.<p>"This is what I said that time. I wanted more clarification from them (RJD chief) on the issue but they did not...."</p>.<p>The Bihar chief minister, however, did not react on the CBI court verdict in the fodder scam on Monday. "It's a judicial process. And one need not react on such issues every time," said the JD (U) strongman.</p>.<p>He also welcomed UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's dinner party for the Opposition. "What's wrong with her dinner party? Every Opposition leader makes an effort to unite like-minded people," averred Nitish, who severed ties with the Congress and the RJD in July last year before joining the NDA.</p>
