A day after the Sharad Yadav faction of the Janata Dal (United) claimed it was the “real” party, with “14 JD(U) State units” supporting it, party general secretary K.C. Tyagi said that four out of the five recognised State units were with Nitish Kumar.
“Mr. Nitish Kumar was made party president in the Patna special session of April 23, 2016. Only five State units have recognition in the party: Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Jammu and Kashmir. The others had not completed the membership process and thus are not recognised State units,” he said.
“Four of these five recognised State units are with Mr. Kumar. Mr. M.P. Veerendra Kumar of Kerala State unit came to the Rajya Sabha through the UPA. He has become independent now and may join the LDF there. He is also not with Sharad Yadav.”
Mr. Tyagi added, “Except Arun Shrivastava and Varghese George, all general secretaries and secretaries of the party are with Nitish Kumar,” Mr. Tyagi added. “The treasurer of the party is also with him. Nine MPs are with Nitish Kumar and only one MP two — including Sharad Yadav — are is with Mr. Yadav. Mr. Veerendra Kumar is with none of the two.”
“We respect the Sharad Yadav of yesteryears, who resigned from the Lok Sabha. He is not corrupt. But, unfortunately, he has decided to go with those who are with dynasty and corruption.”
Mr. Tyagi claimed that going by the trends of the 2014 results, the NDA would get 38 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar with the coming together of the BJP and JD (U).