NDA will get two-third majority in Bihar: Paswan

"In Bihar, Janata Dal (U) and RJD are fighting like anything. Even now, Samajwadi Party is not ready to accept them and so in Bihar we will get two-third majority," Paswan claimed.

Leaders of six Janata Parivar parties, including the Samajwadi Party, JD(U) and RJD, had announced their decision last month to merge into one larger entity. Dismissing the Janata Parivar as having no future, Paswan told reporters here, "till now there is no single symbol, single name, and single flag and it will never be."

The NDA had won elections in states including Haryana, he cited, adding Bihar would also fall into the kitty of the BJP-led alliance. The NDA government has made a "strong foundation" during its first year and in the remaining four years, promises made before the masses will be fulfilled, he asserted.

"I can say with pride that under the leadership of Narendra Modi, it is a glorious period and (both) inside and outside the country, the nation's prestige has gone up," he said and claimed that there was zero corruption.

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Janata Parivar merger: Six parties to meet tomorrow

A formal announcement of the new entity to be named either Samajwadi Janata Party of Samajwadi Janata Dal with cycle as its symbol is set to be made on Wednesday after a meeting at Yadav's residence.

The meeting is expected to be attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, its general secretary K C Tyagi, JD(S) chief and former Prime Minister H D Devegowda, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Samajwadi Janata Party chief Kamal Morarka and INLD leader Dushyant Chautala besides Mualyam Singh Yadav's brother Ramgopal Yadav.

Nitish Kumar, a key face of the grand alliance, is set to arrive in the national capital this evening.

"We are meeting for the final announcement.Leaders of all these parties have already talked to each other and all issues have been resolved.We expect the announcement tomorrow," Tyagi said.

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Nitish trashes Lalu's charges, says RJD MLAs are welcome to join JD(U)

In Delhi to attend a meeting of non-Congress, non-BJP front, Kumar told reporters that there are differences in Lalu Prasad-led RJD and the party is "on the verge of a split".

   

"As far as JD(U) stand is concerned, if the people come to us, we will welcome them," he said.

   

Dismissing suggestions that the Speaker worked to benefit JD(U), he said, "This is not possible. The Speaker has been given certain powers by the Constitution and he alone can take decisions in certain matters. This is what happened in this issue as well. Nobody can pressurize him," he said.

He said people can discuss technical aspects of the decision as much as they want to but as far as political developments are concerned, RJD is close to a division among its ranks.

   

Kumar, who broke away from NDA over the elevation of Narendra Modi, said he could not see the so-called wave in favour of the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.

   

RJD saw a major upheaval on Monday with 13 out of its 22 MLAs quitting the party. But six of them later returned and denied walking away from the party.

   

Earlier in the day, RJD chief Lalu Prasad accused Kumar of hatching a conspiracy to break his party.

   

"Nitish hatched a conspiracy with the speaker to break my party. But, it went wrong and the whole country has seen the conspiracy," Prasad said.

(Agencies)

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