New Delhi: Grappling with a crisis within, JD(U) on Sunday accused BJP of plotting a split in the party, a charge denied by the saffron party which said the entire crisis was triggered by former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's "obsession" for power.
JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi suggested that Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was working at the BJP's behest and said he had no right to attend the NITI Aayog meeting in the national capital as he no longer enjoyed the confidence of the majority of MLAs after JD(U) lawmakers elected Nitish Kumar as their new leader in Patna on Saturday.
Asked about Manjhi's scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening, Tyagi said, "The fact is BJP President Amit Shah is working overtime to engineer a split in our party, like he is doing with TMC. He has failed... " "If the need arises, we will parade 130 MLAs before the governor or even the President," he told PTI.
A belligerent Manjhi has refused to step down from the chief minister's post after terming the party's meeting yesterday "unconstitutional". He is said to be exploring possibility of getting the BJP's support to remain in the top post.
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