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| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Aug 19, 2017, 06:01 PM IST
Rival JD(U) factions headed by Nitish Kumar on Saturday passed a resolution to join National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The resolution was passed in the National Executive Committee meeting at party President and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's official residence.
The decision came when Sharad Yadav too called a parallel meeting, indicating that the party may be heading for a split after the disintegration of the Grand Alliance in Bihar.
Loyalists of Sharad Yadav, who opposed joining hands with the BJP, organised a programme, 'Jan Adalat' at S K Memorial hall.
Supporters of rival JD(U) factions headed by Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav also clashed outside the residence of the Bihar chief minister.
The two meetings make it clear that battle lines within the JD(U) are drawn and the party may be heading for a vertical split.
However, speaking to media, KC Tyagi said, "All 71 MLAs and 30MLCs, 16 of 19 office bearers are with us. There is no split in JD(U)."
"Amit Shah asked us to join NDA. We have passed the resolution and are now a part of it from today," said Tyagi.
Stating that Sharad Yadav and he had 43-years-old relation, Tyagi said, "If he had a disagreement, we had invited him to today's meet."
The JD(U) faction leader also said that no action was taken against Yadav due to his seniority.
The party was originally set to hold its national executive in Delhi on July 23-24 last. But the date was changed to August 19 and the venue was shifted to Patna.
"Jan Adalat ka Faisla ... Mahagatbandhan Jaari hain (Jan Adalat's decision ... The Grand Alliance is continuing)" the posters say. They carry photographs of Sharad Yadav, JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Ali Anwar Ansari and former state minister Ramai Ram, who was suspended by Bihar JD(U) chief Basistha Narayan Singh.
The posters by rebel JD(U) leaders led by ousted party parlimentary board chief Sharad Yadav make clear their stand against Kumar's decision to sever ties with the Grand Alliance partners -- RJD and Congress.
Mandate not to save a family, says Nitish Kumar at JD(U) convention.
Addressing the party members in Patna, JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit back at those criticising his move to come back to the NDA and said, “the people of Bihar didn't give mandate to hide the irregularities.” At a meeting in Ravindra Bhavan in Patna, the CM, without naming Lalu Prasad said, that “everything is for the people of Bihar and nothing belongs to me or my family.”
BJP chief Amit Shah took to Twitter to welcome JD(U) to the ruling NDA on Saturday. He termed JD(U)'s homecoming as beginning of new era of development.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 19, 2017
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 19, 2017
KC Tyagi addresses media
► All 71 MLAs and 30MLCs, 16 of 19 office bearers with us. There is no split in JD(U), says
► Sharad Yadav and I have 43-years-old relation. If he had a disagreement, we had invited him to today's meet.
► Sharad Yadav started doing anti-party activities, but no action was taken against him because of his seniority.
► Sharad Yadav was removed as Legislature party Leader as it was becoming the hindrance in day-to-day functioning.
► He was in JP movement. VP Singh's leadership. We are not angry but hurt that Sharad will share the dais with the one against whom so many corruption charges are made.
► Lalu had himself fought against Sharad in Madhepura.
► With Nitish, Sharad had a different stature, but on 27th all his ideals will be buried when he embraces Lalu.
► Amit Shah asked us to join NDA. We have passed the resolution and are now a part of it from today.
Everyone has kept their views. Since the grand-alliance broke, I have been traveling. Today, the nation is in a difficult situation. Floods in Bihar have made condition grave: Sharad Yadav
PM Modi says India is a young nation, but 60% youths are unemployed, farmers committing suicide: Sharad Yadav
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) August 19, 2017
At Sharad Yadav's meet, Ali Anwar says his conscience doesn't allow him to go with the BJP. "It's not just a matter of Muslims. It's a matter of democracy. The democracy is under threat."
Security outside CM Nitish Kumar's residence in Patna increased after demonstration by Sharad Yadav & RJD supporters.
In a show of strength, both Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav led factions are engaged in a poster duel, with big hoardings put up at some major thoroughfares in the state capital
Nitish Kumar, whose party was once a part of the NDA, had walked out of the 17-year-old alliance in Bihar in 2013 when Narendra Modi was declared as the NDA's prime ministerial candidate. However, after parting ways with the grand-alliance due to corruption charges against former Deputy CM and Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi, Nitish Kumar joined hands with the BJP.
► Prominent JD(U) leaders - Ali Anwar and Ramai Ram are present at Sharad Yadav's meet.
► Parween Amanullah, former JD(U) Minister who quit the party to join AAP, is also present at Sharad Yadav's meet.
According to sources, KC Tyagi moved the resolution to join NDA that was accepted by all.
If Sharad Yadav attends Lalu's rally, he'll lose our trust: JD(U)
Janata Dal (United) leader K. Tyagi on Saturday said that senior leader Sharad Yadav has every right to put forward his points of disagreement with the alliance, but he shouldn't attend Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's programme as it will break their trust.
