PATNA: The rift between Bihar's ruling allies JD(U) and RJD widened on Saturday with the former deciding not to participate in Lalu Prasad 's 'BJP hatao, desh bachao' rally in Patna on August 27. "It's an RJD rally and JD(U) will not participate in it as a party. If JD(U) president and chief minister Nitish Kumar gets an invite, he will take a call on whether to attend the rally in his individual capacity," said JD(U)'s national general secretary Shyam Rajak.This is yet another example of the widening rift between the Grand Alliance partners. Earlier, JD(U) had decided to support NDA's presidential pick Ram Nath Kovind and not the opposition nominee, Meira Kumar of Congress. He said GST would be a damp squib just like the demonetisation exercise.

Source: Times of India July 01, 2017 21:33 UTC