Not anything political about conferences with LJP MP, Kanhaiya: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Leader Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday insisted that now not a lot must be learn into his contemporary assembly with an MP of the LJP, which is headed via his bete noire Chirag Paswan, since participants of Parliament and the state legislature name on him often over issues in terms of their constituencies.

Concerning the consult with of CPI’s Kanhaiya Kumar to his key aide and cupboard colleague Ashok Choudhary, the executive minister mentioned that the previous JNU scholar chief and an MLA of his party had met him previous however didn’t talk about politics.

Nitish Kumar, who gave up the publish of JD(U) nationwide president lately however continues to wield ideal regulate over it, used to be requested via newshounds on the party’s state headquarters right here whether or not Paswan wishes to fret after LJP Nawada MP Chandan Kumar Singh’s consult with to the executive minister’s legit place of abode on Sunday.

“There’s not anything to be nervous about. Being the executive minister I’m steadily approached via participants of the state legislature and Parliament who need to talk about issues in terms of their spaces. They arrive once I grant an appointment and we communicate. That’s it, he mentioned.

Significantly, Singh’s consult with got here not up to a month after LJP’s lone MLA Raj Kumar Singh had taken phase in a guide release rite held at Choudhary’s place of abode.

Chirag Paswan’s riot towards Kumar forward of the Bihar meeting election during which he fielded applicants towards JD(U) nominees, value the party pricey inflicting its tally to fall under 50 within the 243-strong Area.

The LJP and JD(U), each NDA allies, have since been at daggers drawn. At a contemporary NDA assembly in New Delhi chaired via Top Minister Narendra Modi, Paswan excused himself mentioning ill-health after the JD(U) raised solid objections over invitation having been prolonged to him regardless of his brinkmanship within the meeting ballot.

About Kanhaiya Kumar, who met Choudhary Sunday afternoon in conjunction with CPI MLA Suryakant Paswan, the executive minister mentioned Kanhaiya had met me earlier than. And so had a legislator of his party. However our discussions have been about problems in terms of their constituencies. There used to be not anything political about it.

Media reviews had claimed that Kanhaiya, who is known to be sore over the style during which he has been handled via the CPI numerous instances, used to be making an allowance for crossing over to the JD(U), an best friend of the BJP.

The CPI central administrative center in Delhi later got here out with an offended observation condemning the mala fide and mischievous intentions of a few sections of the media to malign the CPI and Kanhaiya Kumar.

Requested about JD(U) elevating the call for for caste-based census within the Lok Sabha, Nitish Kumar mentioned, “This can be a authentic call for and is one we’ve got been elevating for relatively a while. Previously we had even despatched resolutions to this impact, that have been handed via each homes of the state legislature, to the Centre.

“We will have to have a correct concept of the respective inhabitants of various social teams in order that we will be able to formulate insurance policies accordingly,” he mentioned.

Nitish Kumar additionally expressed self belief that the funds consultation of the meeting, which is able to start on February 18 and conclude on March 24, can be performed safely. Contributors had been requested to take precautions like dressed in mask in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, the funds consultation used to be curtailed in view of the outbreak. This yr, the opposition Grand Alliance led via RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav has threatened to boycott the meeting and gherao the executive minister’s place of abode if the consultation used to be shortened within the identify of the pandemic.