PATNA: Former Union minister and RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday met CM Nitish Kumar at the latter’s residence, fuelling speculations about his return to the ruling JD(U).
Sources said Kushwaha had a long meeting with the CM in presence of former JD(U) state president Bashishtha Narain Singh. Kushwaha, the sources added, might be inducted into the state cabinet.
It is Kushwaha’s second meeting with Nitish after the 2020 assembly polls. The RLSP could not win even a single seat in the assembly polls. Earlier, Kushwaha had called on Nitish at the CM residence on December 2 last year.
The December 2 meeting had triggered rumours that Kushwaha might merge his RLSP with the ruling JD(U), and that he would be inducted into the Nitish Kumar-led cabinet after being nominated as a member of the state legislative council. However, Kushwaha had then described the speculations as “premature guesswork”.