He will take a decision after lot of thinking," Congress leader and animal and fish resources minister Awadhesh Kumar Singh said in Hindi at his residence. "Lalu Prasadji should also heed the mood of the country; he himself says the BJP has to be stopped. The way Nitishji made sacrifices to form the Grand Alliance, similarly to stop the BJP Laluji will have to make some sacrifice or the other." This is the first time any Congress leader has come out with a statement that virtually puts the ball in RJD's court. Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today said this party was against an "early election" in Bihar.

Source: The Telegraph July 16, 2017 22:41 UTC