Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has made it clear that the chief won’t attend a operate in Haryana later this month, the place he may have ended up sharing the stage with a number of political bigwigs against the NDA.

An announcement to the impact was made right here by the social gathering’s nationwide president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, who stated the chief minister’s arms had been full so he won’t be able to go to Jind on September 25, although the JD(U) will probably be sending nationwide secretary basic Ok C Tyagi as its consultant.

“The function is being held on the occasion of birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal for whom the chief minister has deepest personal regard,” stated Lalan.

“But, the situation in the state is fraught with challenges. Preparations are to be made for a possible third wave of COVID-19. Flood relief is to be undertaken. Affliction of children, on a large scale, by viral fever has to be tackled,” the JD(U) chief stated.

He stated below the prevailing circumstances, Kumar may “ill afford to go out of the state. He might, at most, make short trips to the national capital if the situation warrants”.

INLD chief Abhay Chautala, alongside together with his father and former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala, is organising the ‘Kisan Panchayat’ the place leaders like Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, former PM HD Deve Gowda and Siromani Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal are anticipated to be current.

Chautala had initially claimed that Nitish Kumar had “confirmed” his presence for the assembly, which had led to a political storm in Bihar for the reason that JD(U) is the largest constituent of the NDA after the BJP. It was being speculated that the JD(U) strongman, whose social gathering had been given a brief shrift by the BJP within the latest Union cupboard growth, might need determined to attend the Jind programme to precise his disgruntlement.

(PTI)