<p>Amid rumblings in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over Narendra Modi’s elevation in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Wednesday made overtures to the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) saying it was “open” to all secular parties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Any secular party can be an ally... We are open to all secular parties... now and in the future,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told news channels.<br /><br />He at the same time refrained from commenting on the turmoil within BJP and NDA.<br /><br />“The issues of the BJP must be settled by the BJP, the issues of the NDA should be settled by the members of the NDA,” he said.<br /><br />To questions whether Congress was open to ally with JD-U, he said, “When the JDU is not a member of the NDA, we will address that situation.”<br /><br />Naths’ remarks are significant in view of talk in political circles that the JDU-BJP alliance in Bihar could break sooner than later.</p>
<p>Amid rumblings in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over Narendra Modi’s elevation in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Wednesday made overtures to the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) saying it was “open” to all secular parties.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Any secular party can be an ally... We are open to all secular parties... now and in the future,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath told news channels.<br /><br />He at the same time refrained from commenting on the turmoil within BJP and NDA.<br /><br />“The issues of the BJP must be settled by the BJP, the issues of the NDA should be settled by the members of the NDA,” he said.<br /><br />To questions whether Congress was open to ally with JD-U, he said, “When the JDU is not a member of the NDA, we will address that situation.”<br /><br />Naths’ remarks are significant in view of talk in political circles that the JDU-BJP alliance in Bihar could break sooner than later.</p>