New Delhi: Days after Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Shayam Rajak claimed 17 MLAs of ruling Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) are in touch with the RJD and more, will cross over very soon, BJP leader Rakesh Sinha on Thursday claimed that more than a dozen RJD MLAs are willing to join NDA.
Sinha claimed that the 'rebellion' leaders are unhappy working under the guidance of Tejashwi Yadav and asserted they would join the National Democratic Alliance after conducting a press conference.
On Tuesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Uday Narayan Choudhary appealed to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to leave the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and join Mahagathbandhan and make Tejashwi Yadav the Chief Minister. During the JD(U)'s national executive meeting on Sunday, Nitish Kumar had said that he had no desire to become the Chief Minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could make its own Chief Minister.
"I had no desire to become the Chief Minister. I had said that the public had given its mandate and anyone can be made the Chief Minister, BJP could make its own Chief Minister," Kumar had stated.
The whole scenario transpired after six of seven party MLAs joined the ruling BJP in Arunachal Pradesh.
The NDA had secured a 125-seat majority in the 243-seat Bihar Legislative Assembly in November. The BJP secured 74 seats, JD(U) 43 while eight seats were won by two other NDA constituents.
