New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday called Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar’s decision to leave the grand alliance in 2017 as “his biggest blunder”, but gave a clear signal that the Congress is not averse to Mr Kumar’s return to the anti-BJP grouping before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Despite the Congress’ interest in getting the JD(U) back into the proposed alliance, Lalu Yadav’s son Tejashwi Yadav has been up in arms against the Bihar chief minister who ditched the “Mahagathbandhan” to join the NDA last year.
Questioned on this, Mr Gehlot said, “He (Tejashwi) is angry. He (Nitish) had left. He shouldn’t have left.”
Within a year of walking out of the grand alliance, Mr Kumar has apparently opened up a channel for negotiations with RJD and the Congress. He even called up Lalu Yadav, admitted to the Mumbai Heart Institute, to enquire about his health on Tuesday.
