JD(U) returns to NDA after 4 years

Patna: As expected, the JD(U) faction led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday decided to be part of the NDA, returning to the BJP-led alliance four years after it snapped the 17-year-old ties with the saffron party.
The decision to return to the NDA fold was taken in a resolution approved at a meeting of the national executive of the JD(U) here chaired by Kumar, who is the party president.
‘The national executive meeting of JD(U) chaired by party president Nitish Kumar approved a resolution to become part of NDA,’ its principal general secretary K C Tyagi said. The JD(U) has two MPs in the Lok Sabha and 10 in Rajya Sabha. While the two in Lok Sabha are with Kumar, three of its Rajya Sabha are opposed to him.