Chirag gets invite for NDA meeting, he skips for health reasons as JD(U) protests
JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi put on record his party s stand against the LJP, telling that it does not consider Paswan s party a member of the NDA
New Delhi: The BJP had invited Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan to attend the NDA meeting on Saturday to discuss the ruling bloc s agenda for the Budget session of Parliament, but the JD(U) s protest to the move is likely to have prompted him to skip the event.
LJP sources said Paswan did not attend the virtual meeting due to health reasons, and noted he had also skipped the all-party meet held earlier in the day.
Chirag Paswan invited to Union Budget session meeting but won t attend due to health reasons, says LJP The LJP s membership in the NDA is being questioned because the party walked out of the alliance in Bihar and contested the Assembly polls against Nitish Kumar s JD(U) File photo of LJP chief Chirag Paswan. PTI
New Delhi: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan is among the leaders invited to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting to discuss the ruling bloc s agenda for the Budget session of Parliament, party sources said.
However, Paswan will not be attending the meeting due to health reasons, they said, adding that he also skipped the all-party meet.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday wished speedy recovery to his arch rival Lalu Prasad, who has been rushed to New Delhi following marked deterioration in health and with whom he has shared a love- hate relationship for close to five decades.
Lalu Prasad Yadav's long innings in the politics of Bihar has most probably come to an end with the Central Bureau of Investigation's special court convicting him in the fodder scam case. For all his political acumen and grandiose rhetoric, a term of 11 years in the political wilderness after the conviction is very unlikely to see either him or his Rashtriya Janata Dal