Nitish Kumar lashes out at BJP, says Janata Parivar will be destructive for saffron party

Patna: Lashing out at the BJP for its comments on Janata Parivar merger, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that the coming together of the six parties will prove to be “destructive” for the saffron party. “The BJP does not know that the merger, of which they are making fun, will prove to be destructive for them. In fact their leaders are not poking fun, they are displaying fear present in their subconscious minds due to the merger,” Kumar said. [caption id=“attachment_2152101” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Nitish Kumar. AFP[/caption] Kumar was speaking to media persons at Patna airport this morning on his arrival from New Delhi after attending the merger of Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP), Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP). The merger of these six parties, which were originally part of the Janata Dal that swept the 1989 Lok Sabha polls, was declared at SP President Mulayam Singh Yadav’s residence in New Delhi. The name, flag and symbol of the new party will be announced later. “The BJP is saying that there is still some hindrance in merger. But the fact is that it is worried from its core due to it,” Kumar claimed. PTI