As the rift between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (United) grew wider, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday hinted that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is ready to welcome the JD(U) as an alliance.
‘All secular parties are welcome within the UPA,’ Nath told CNN-IBN.
The buzz of JD(U) calling off its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is doing the rounds after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar convened a meeting with senior JD(U) leaders in Patna on Tuesday evening and asked them to not leave the city for consultation in this matter.
The JD(U) leaders have reportedly been asked to even contact independent MLAs and garner their support in JD(U)’s favour.
With the elevation of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the chief of the election campaign committee, the JD(U) has pepped up its attack on BJP and is considering the fact to break its alliance with BJP.
‘We cannot compromise with the rioters of 2002,’ senior JD(U) minister Narendra Singh told media referring to Gujarat’s 2002 communal riots during Modi's first term as CM, in which hundreds of Muslims were killed.
Singh said JD(U) is not pleased with Modi's leadership and will soon announce their decision according to the demand of the situation.
Sources said that the announcement regarding the snapping of ties may come any day after 15 June once Nitish Kumar returns from his Seva Yatra.
However, the BJP in Bihar is still hopeful that the alliance will continue.
‘Under the leadership of Modi, the BJP will witness new heights,’ BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who is the deputy chief minister of Bihar told media adding that any struggles with the alliance partner will be resolved.
‘All secular parties are welcome within the UPA,’ Nath told CNN-IBN.
The buzz of JD(U) calling off its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is doing the rounds after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar convened a meeting with senior JD(U) leaders in Patna on Tuesday evening and asked them to not leave the city for consultation in this matter.
The JD(U) leaders have reportedly been asked to even contact independent MLAs and garner their support in JD(U)’s favour.
With the elevation of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the chief of the election campaign committee, the JD(U) has pepped up its attack on BJP and is considering the fact to break its alliance with BJP.
‘We cannot compromise with the rioters of 2002,’ senior JD(U) minister Narendra Singh told media referring to Gujarat’s 2002 communal riots during Modi's first term as CM, in which hundreds of Muslims were killed.
Singh said JD(U) is not pleased with Modi's leadership and will soon announce their decision according to the demand of the situation.
Sources said that the announcement regarding the snapping of ties may come any day after 15 June once Nitish Kumar returns from his Seva Yatra.
However, the BJP in Bihar is still hopeful that the alliance will continue.
‘Under the leadership of Modi, the BJP will witness new heights,’ BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who is the deputy chief minister of Bihar told media adding that any struggles with the alliance partner will be resolved.