JD(U) joins NDA after 4 years, Sharad faction appeals people to keep Grand Alliance intact
(WorldNews India)

Nitish Kumar camp refrained from directly cracking the whip against Sharad Yadav on Saturday. 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...