Congress' Adhir Ranjan wants Nitish to 'stay in touch' as Arunachal JDU MLAs join BJP

With Congress party leers jumping ship across country and leership crisis in party t coming to an end, party's MP hir Ranjan Chowdhury has w me a remark over issue of Arunachal Presh JDU leers joining BJP. hir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday warned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of BJP's "poaching skill" and asked him to "keep in touch" with opposition parties in state. This comes ahe of JDU party meet on Sunday called by Nitish Kumar to analyse situation and to decide on its furr move. 

Chowdhury said, "y believe in exclusive political 'Atma Nirvar', construction of only BJP and destruction of all n-BJPs are mantra of saffron brige. Before being torn into pieces and to be wired away by same machination as you are w experiencing in Arunachal Presh. Nitish Kumar Ji, explore new ideas which may include keeping in touch with opposition in Bihar as an antidote to withstand Arunachal Syndrome. Under sun, thirst of BJP party's wholesale aggression can t be quenched."

RJD dares Nitish Kumar

Meanwhile, RJD hinted at possibility of a fresh alignment in Bihar if Nitish Kumar chose to snap ties with BJP following "humiliation" in Arunachal Presh. RJD national vice-president Shivanand Tiwary, however, me it clear that ball lies in court of JDU boss, ding that incident was engineered by BJP to settle old scores.Tiwary recalled incident of about a dece ago when Kumar h cancelled a dinner organised for visiting BJP leers who were in Patna to take part in party's national executive.

"Nitish Kumar h n me it amply clear that while he was okay with BJP, he was very much averse to Narendra Modi, his n Gujarat counterpart. w, Modi is t a man who is going to forgive and forget slight", Tiwary said. He ded, " BJPs strategy is, firstly, to cut into Nitish Kumar's seats, which it did successfully in assembly polls. w it has begun to humiliate him. What else could explain poaching of six JD(U) MLAs in Arunachal Presh where BJP was alrey enjoying a very comfortable majority. If he leaves NDA, it cant be that we will join hands with BJP to run Nitish Kumar down. We have been consistent in opposing BJP and he joined us for some time but switched sides because of reasons best kwn to him".

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JDU MLAs switch sides

On Friday,  Janata Dal-United received a major jolt in Arunachal Presh, with six of its seven MLAs shifting allegiance to ruling BJP, a bulletin issued by state legislative assembly said. JD(U) MLAs who switched sides are Talem Taboh from Rumgong Assembly Constituency, Hayeng Mangfi (Chayang Tajo), Jikke Tako (Tali), Dorjee Wangdi Kharma (Kalaktang), Dongru Siongju (Bomdila) and Kanggong Taku from Mariyang-Geku constituency, bulletin said. development comes a day ahe of anuncement of panchayat and municipal poll results.

On vember 26, JD(U) h issued show-cause tices to Siongju, Kharma and Taku for "anti-party" activities, and suspended m. six JD(U) MLAs h earlier elected Talem Taboh as new Legislature Party leer allegedly without kwledge of senior party members. PPA MLA was also suspended by regional outfit earlier this month. BJP has w accepted JDU MLAs' letter of intent to join party. 

JD(U), led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, won seven of 15 seats it contested in 2019 assembly elections and emerged as second-largest party after BJP, which h bagged 41 seats. Congress and National People's Party (NPP) have four members each. 

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