JDU may Split, Nitish Kumar may break from JDU
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- Last Updated: Thursday, 22 January 2015 20:35
JDU may Split, Nitish Kumar may break from JDU
With Nitish Kumar Supporting Women's reservation Bill and Sharad Yadav being against it, it seems Bihar Chief Minister might split from JDU. With coming State Assembly Elections in 4-5 Months in 2010. This political activity may lead to JDU weakning in Bihar. What Political shape it might take it yet not clear.Differences in the JD(U) over women's quota bill widened on Tuesday with five of the party members in the Rajya Sabha endorsing Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's line to support the legislation. It's a development that can potentially split the party in the lead up to the assembly elections in the state. Nearly 17 out of 20 MP from JDU are with Sharad Yadav. This includes the upper caste members of Parliament, whom Nitish wanted to win back by his latest move
The support of Shivanand Tiwari, N K Singh, Ali Anwar, Mahendra Prasad and Bhagwan Sahni defied Sharad Yadav's opposition to the bill, and even as the party chief was mopping up the support of MPs nursing grudges of different hues against Nitish Kumar.
Interestingly, some of the MPs who have aligned themselves with the Sharad Yadav's stand to oppose the women's quota on the ground that it would tilt the electoral field against the OBCs, had earlier accused the chief minister of ignoring the interests of upper castes.