JDU Wants to Keep Modi, Varun out of Bihar during Electioneering
Though both BJP and JDU claim to sort out the differences amicably, the fate of the alliance hangs in balance as latter has given the BJP a tough choice to keep Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and party leader Varun Gandhi out of Bihar during campaigning of upcoming Assembly elections in the state, said media reports.
However, party chief Sharad Yadav, who is the most vocal votary of continuing the alliance, didn’t name anyone but indicated the line of thinking in the party, saying, “The coalition will decide as to who will campaign in Bihar.”
The BJP finds itself in a tough situation as it doesn’t want Bihar to go the Orissa way and its leaders feel that chief minister Nitish Kumar has humiliated them and the party should not reduce itself to being pushovers.
Party chief Nitin Gadkari, yesterday, discussed the issue with NDA working chairman LK Advani and other senior party leaders. He also met Bihar unit chief CP Thakur, spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain and general secretary (organisation) Ramlal.
Gadkari has convened a crucial meeting of the Core Group of the party’s Bihar unit today to take a final call on whether the party wants to continue with the alliance.
According to reports, Advani and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi are in favour of continuing the time-tested alliance in the run-up to the Assembly polls.
Despite the differences, reconciliatory voices are getting louder within both the parties.
The two sides, as per reports, have realised that a BJP-JD(U) alliance is indispensable in Bihar if they want to keep RJD, LJP and the Congress out.
(Based on internet reports)
