Patna: The Iftar meeting between Lalu and Nitish Kumar on Friday ended without any conclusion and JD (U) remained firm on its previous stand of supporting NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind.
“We have taken a decision on the issue of supporting Mr. Kovind and we are firm on our stand,” Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said after iftar meeting on Friday.
While justifying his decision to back NDA presidential candidate Mr Kumar said that “I have a lot of respect for Meira Kumar but in my view, Bihar ki Beti has been made the nominee only to lose,”
The hard-hitting statement was made a day after Lalu Yadav had warned him for making “a historical blunder” by extending support to Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind.
The statement also hinted that tension between Lalu Yadav and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was increasingly becoming bigger.
RJD Chief Lalu Yadav had earlier said that JD (U)’s decision to support NDA candidate would not affect the grand secular alliance government in Bihar.
