PATNA: Senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, who is heading the faction opposed to party president Nitish Kumar, today held a parallel meeting to the party's national executive here and exhorted the people of Bihar to keep the Grand Alliance in the state intact "at any cost". The alliance has been broken, which was not a good decision at all," Yadav said. Yadav claimed that it was he who had suggested to Kumar, also the Bihar chief minister, not to snap ties with the NDA in 2013. The JD(U) national executive committee meeting was held at the official residence of Kumar. The national council meeting and an open session of the party were held at the Rabindra Bhawan here.

Source: Economic Times August 19, 2017 14:48 UTC