Why is Cong shortening life of grand alliance, asks JD(U)


New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI): The JD(U) today hit out at the Congress' "unfriendly and unwarranted" attack on its chief Nitish Kumar and wondered why the party seemed bent on shortening the life of their grand alliance along with the RJD in Bihar.

With the JD(U)'s decision to back NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind under intense scrutiny, spokesperson K C Tyagi also referred to his party's "natural" relations with the BJP when it was part of the National Democratic Alliance.

He, however, insisted that there was no question of joining the saffron alliance. Tyagi took strong exception to Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's comments on the Bihar chief minister for his support to Kovind.

Azad had said yesterday that those who have one principle take one decision and those who have many take different decisions, a jibe aimed at Kumar.

"Our support to Kovind is an isolated incident. Why are some people bent on making it permanent with such comments and shortening the life of our grand alliance?

"Azad's comments are not in good taste. These are unfriendly and unwarranted. We have never made critical remarks against Congress leaders," Tyagi told reporters.

To a question about the growing speculation about the JD (U) coming closer to the BJP, its ally for 17 years before they split in 2013, Tyagi said the ideological differences that caused their separation remain.

"Our relations with the BJP were 'sahaj' (natural) but we parted ways due to our ideological differences," he said.

He asked the RJD and Congress, his party's two allies in the Bihar government, to look beyond the July 17 presidential poll.

Kumar's surprise support to Kovind led to flak from the the RJD and the Congress. An aggressive Bihar chief minister, in turn, hit out at them over projecting Meira Kumar as the opposition's presidential pick.

  

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  • JR, MANGALORE

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    MEERA KUMAR BEING SUCH A WONDER FULL CANDIDATE WAS SLEEPING TILL BJP ANNOUNCE ITS DALIT REPRESENTATIVE KOVIND AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WOKE UP FROM DEEP SLEEP. IN THE PAST BJP HAS ACCEPTED MEERA KUMAR AS LOKA SABA SPEAKER UNANIMOUSLY WITHOUT OPPSN. AND EVEN IF THE NAME COULD HAVE COME OUT EARLIER BJP COULD HAVE ACCEPTED HER BECAUSE THAT WAS THE REAL BEAUTY OF DEMOCRACY. SHE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS OF BJP AND IMAGE OF THE COUNTRY IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

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  • JR, MANGALORE

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    RIGHTLY SAID NITHISH DON'T WANT TO BE A PUPPET IN THE HANDS OF SONIA TO DANCE HER TUNES BECAUSE HE KNOWS CONGRESS WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NITISH USING THE OPPORTUNITY. CONGRESS NEEDS NITISH BUT NOT NITISH NEEDS CONGRES RIGHTNOW.

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  • rahul, MANGALURU

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    Without Alliance they will not even get 10 seats.. Flop party without any brains...

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  • Leslie, udupi

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    These are useless talks...
    Nithish is clearly Backtracking...
    Meera is such a wonderful candidate...
    Who is this to be rubber stamp Kovind???
    Modi is a sort of dictator who does not want a strong president...
    Kovind will have 2 pegs and keep quiet while Modi will leap....

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore /Bangalore

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    All constituents of grand alliance will not back Meira Kumar because she is not fully dalit.Since a simple process of selection of country's President is made dalit based,which never happened earlier,division is expected because she is wife if brahmin.Point is whether she remained a dalit even after marrying a brahmin..

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  • Anirudh P, Bengaluru

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    Leslie, udupi

    Kovind is SC lawyer and he is far far better than cook who was made president by your party.

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  • mahesh, Mangalore

    Tue, Jun 27 2017

    JD(U) doesnt need congress..its the congress which badly needs somebody to hold on to.
    They came fourth in Bihar elections.
    By the way, they came fourth in UP also...what a shame for a national party.

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  • Suresh Shetty, Udupi

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    mahesh, Mangalore same thing happened in Delhi, 56" ruling party lost totally... every dog as a day.

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  • Ravi, Kapu

    Wed, Jun 28 2017

    Suresh Shetty, Udupi
    And what happened to that party in Delhi municipal elections??

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  • mahesh, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 29 2017

    he forgot about recent muncipal elections..

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