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Cabinet Reshuffle: JDU Rubbishes Rumours of Tension With BJP, Lalu Prasad Takes a Swipe at Nitish Kumar
A top leader of the JD (U), considered close to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, claimed there was absolutely no differences with the BJP or within the party over joining the Union Cabinet.
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Updated:September 3, 2017, 12:14 PM IST
Cabinet Reshuffle: JDU Rubbishes Rumours of Tension With BJP, Lalu Prasad Takes a Swipe at Nitish Kumar File photo of PM Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Patna: The Janata Dal (United), which came back in the NDA fold only last month, has said that the option of joining the Modi cabinet was on the cards but the AIADMK crisis and the reported stand taken by Shiv Sena, prevented that from happening.
A top leader of the JD (U), considered close to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, claimed there was absolutely no differences with the BJP or within the party over joining the Union Cabinet.
"Nitish Kumar was open to considering the proposal of joining the Cabinet, but he himself said that there was no consensus within other the constituents of the NDA till last minute. Shiv Sena was perhaps demanding more share in the government and AIADMK in Tamil Nadu was also far from stable. These are the reasons why the PM and Amit Shah chose to limit the reshuffle within BJP," the JD (U) leader explained