Clearing the air over speculations of reconciliation between Nitish Kumar and his former ally Lalu Prasad Yadav, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said that the phone call made by the Bihar Chief Minister to the RJD supremo was merely a “courtesy call”, adding that everything between the party and its ally BJP was normal in Biahar.
Mr Paswan said that he had spoken to Mr Kumar and had been told that there was nothing political in the action as the Bihar chief minister had called Mr Yadav four times to enquire about his health.
The BJP-led NDA in Bihar would remain intact and fight the Lok Sabha elections together in the state, Mr Paswan said.
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Paswan, who described himself as the “cementing force” in the alliance, told reporters that he had spoken to Kumar today and the JD(U) leader told him that the NDA would remain intact.
“I have spoken to Nitish ji. I also spoke to leaders in the BJP. Let me tell you that the NDA is and will remain intact. We are all in the same ship and nobody will like it to sink,” the LJP president said.
BJP president Amit Shah would visit the state on July 12 and was expected to meet Kumar, he said.Shah had met Paswan recently.
He played down reported differences among the Bihar allies over sharing of seats in the Lok Sabha polls and said it would be sorted out when senior leaders meet.
He described the RJD as “full of dirt” where nobody would like to go.
He dubbed the speculation following Kumar’s talks with Prasad as baseless and said the Bihar Chief Minister had made four calls to Prasad or his associates in the last few weeks to enquire about his health.Paswan said everything should not be politicised.
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