Nitish Kumar Sharad Yadav Split

Supporters of JD (U) rebel Sharad Yadav today announced the formation of Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD), a new political outfit that marks a formal split in the Nitish Kumar-led party.

Sharad Yadav, who had opposed Nitish Kumar's decision to ally with the BJP and split Bihar's ruling Janata Dal United, was disqualified from Rajya Sabha today. Following a petition from the JD(U), Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu terminated his membership from the upper house of parliament with immediate effect.

The Sharad Yadav-led rebel JD(U) faction today appeared to be pushing for a split in the party as it appointed Chhotubhai Vasava as its acting president and formed a disciplinary committee to decide on action against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The Janata Dal-United led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday virtually put rebel leader Sharad Yadav on notice, hinting at action against him if he attends the RJD rally on August 27.

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Monday suspended 21 members, including former minister Ramai Ram, on charges of anti-party activities after they backed rebel leader Sharad Yadav, who has opposed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to tie up with the BJP.

Long-standing "frenemies" Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav have fallen out once again. Socialists by nature are congenital party-breakers or "splittists" as European Communists of the 1930s used to call them. The list of "socialist" parties that have been formed in India after Independence will surely run into several pages.

Sharad Yadav, who has openly disapproved of Nitish Kumar's alliance with the BJP in Bihar, was today removed as the leader of Janata Dal (United) in Rajya Sabha. The move comes a day Bihar Chief Minister said that Mr Yadav "is free to go where he wants".

After making it clear that he will make no attempt to make nice with his partner, Sharad Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is ready for his next big move: re-entering the BJP's national coalition, which he exited abruptly in 2013 over its decision to name then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.

With their relations now beyond repair, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is matching wits with his senior party colleague Sharad Yadav, who is trying his utmost to provoke the Janata Dal (United) to eject him.

Tuesday's dramatic Gujarat Rajya Sabha election has fast tracked a break-up in Bihar, where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior colleague in the Janata Dal (United) Sharad Yadav are now inexorably headed for a split.

JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, who has voiced displeasure over the split in Bihar's Grand Alliance, today met some party office bearers where he discussed the development even as an aide said the veteran leader could float a new party.

Mr Kumar and his party, the Janata Dal United or JDU, are scheduled to meet at 12.30 pm. They are expected to pass a resolution to end the alliance of 17 years. Sources say that JDU President Sharad Yadav will quit as Convenor of the National Democratic Alliance, the coalition that's anchored by the BJP with the JDU as its biggest partner.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United or the JDU is likely to end its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP today. The announcement of the split is likely to be made after a JDU meeting at 12:30 pm where a resolution is expected to be passed, say sources, adding party chief Sharad Yadav will step down as convenor of the National D...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returned to Patna this afternoon from a tour and virtually announced that his alliance with the BJP is over.

The momentum of the efforts by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP to prep for their big split this weekend is picking up. On record, the BJP and Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) say the alliance has not yet collapsed; privately, both parties admit they are working on exit formalities.

Supporters of JD (U) rebel Sharad Yadav today announced the formation of Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD), a new political outfit that marks a formal split in the Nitish Kumar-led party.

Sharad Yadav, who had opposed Nitish Kumar's decision to ally with the BJP and split Bihar's ruling Janata Dal United, was disqualified from Rajya Sabha today. Following a petition from the JD(U), Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu terminated his membership from the upper house of parliament with immediate effect.

The Sharad Yadav-led rebel JD(U) faction today appeared to be pushing for a split in the party as it appointed Chhotubhai Vasava as its acting president and formed a disciplinary committee to decide on action against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The Janata Dal-United led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday virtually put rebel leader Sharad Yadav on notice, hinting at action against him if he attends the RJD rally on August 27.

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Monday suspended 21 members, including former minister Ramai Ram, on charges of anti-party activities after they backed rebel leader Sharad Yadav, who has opposed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to tie up with the BJP.

Long-standing "frenemies" Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav have fallen out once again. Socialists by nature are congenital party-breakers or "splittists" as European Communists of the 1930s used to call them. The list of "socialist" parties that have been formed in India after Independence will surely run into several pages.

Sharad Yadav, who has openly disapproved of Nitish Kumar's alliance with the BJP in Bihar, was today removed as the leader of Janata Dal (United) in Rajya Sabha. The move comes a day Bihar Chief Minister said that Mr Yadav "is free to go where he wants".

After making it clear that he will make no attempt to make nice with his partner, Sharad Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is ready for his next big move: re-entering the BJP's national coalition, which he exited abruptly in 2013 over its decision to name then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.

With their relations now beyond repair, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is matching wits with his senior party colleague Sharad Yadav, who is trying his utmost to provoke the Janata Dal (United) to eject him.

Tuesday's dramatic Gujarat Rajya Sabha election has fast tracked a break-up in Bihar, where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his senior colleague in the Janata Dal (United) Sharad Yadav are now inexorably headed for a split.

JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, who has voiced displeasure over the split in Bihar's Grand Alliance, today met some party office bearers where he discussed the development even as an aide said the veteran leader could float a new party.

Mr Kumar and his party, the Janata Dal United or JDU, are scheduled to meet at 12.30 pm. They are expected to pass a resolution to end the alliance of 17 years. Sources say that JDU President Sharad Yadav will quit as Convenor of the National Democratic Alliance, the coalition that's anchored by the BJP with the JDU as its biggest partner.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United or the JDU is likely to end its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP today. The announcement of the split is likely to be made after a JDU meeting at 12:30 pm where a resolution is expected to be passed, say sources, adding party chief Sharad Yadav will step down as convenor of the National D...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returned to Patna this afternoon from a tour and virtually announced that his alliance with the BJP is over.

The momentum of the efforts by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP to prep for their big split this weekend is picking up. On record, the BJP and Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) say the alliance has not yet collapsed; privately, both parties admit they are working on exit formalities.