Janta Dal (United) leader Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying that he was given the 'Jhunjhuna' of the Chairman of the parliamentary and he can't even nominate a member.
Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Upendra Kushwaha alleged that his convoy was attacked near Nayka Tola turn in Jagdishpur of Bhojpur district. "Some anti-social elements pelted stones. When the security personnel ran after them, all fled," said Upendra Kushwaha.
Putting another full stop to the ongoing rift between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and party leader Upendra Kushwaha, the latter on Friday said that he would not leave the party.
The remark by the JDU principal general secretary came hours after his party said that it would not be participating in the Bharat Jodo Yatra on January 30 despite being invited by the Congress.
"Meeting BJP leaders doesn't really mean I'm going to join BJP. The bigger the leader of our party, the more he is in contact with BJP leaders," Kushwaha said while speaking to reporters.
Amid the speculation of Kushwaha's chances of joining the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday made a politically disapproving comment saying that Kushwaha had left the JDU thrice before eventually returning to it.
Balyavi a member of the chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) while addressing a gathering in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh on Thursday, said that Muslims will turn cities into Karbala if there are comments made against Prophet Muhammad.
Reacting to the ongoing speculations of Janata Dal-United leader Upendra Kushwaha's alleged proximities with the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that he will meet him and discuss it.
Amid the controversy over Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar's remarks on Ramcharitramanas, Bharatiya Janata Party women wing read the holy book outside Shiv Parvati Hanuman Temple as a mark of protest in Patna on Tuesday.