After the decision of supporting the National Democratic Alliance candidate Ramnath Kovind in the Presidential election by Janata Dal (United) in the ruling coalition, Bihar's Rashtriya Janata Dal's anger is on the seventh heaven. The Rashtriya Janata Dal has even said that Nitish Kumar is not a master of the country.

Senior leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal and former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Thursday said that Nitish Kumar had first talked with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and RJD chief Lalu Prasad and asked for the stand of candidates in the Presidential elections with the joint decision of secular parties. After that, he changed.

He accused the Janata Dal (U) of splitting the opposition unity, saying, "Janta Dal (U) tries to weaken opposition unity with different decisions, which leads to wrong messages in people."

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, however, also said that the Rashtriya Janata Dal will continue to unite all the secular parties. He bitterly criticized Nitish's decision, "Is Nitish the owner of the country? With the efforts of Rashtriya Janata Dal, the secular parties will unite and a national option will be prepared.

Here, the RJD legislator Bhai Virendra said that Nitish Kumar is showing scales with the Great Alliance and Nitish's decision is a betrayal with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. He said, "If Nitish Kumar is to have friendship with the BJP then say frankly. Why are you deceiving us? ''

It is notable that in the presidential election, the Janata Dal (U) has decided to support Kovind. Prior to this, Sonia Gandhi took initiatives to discuss with the opposition parties to form a consensus on the presidential candidate. Nitish Kumar was also among those who met Sonia Gandhi in this context and his party leaders took part in all the meetings of the opposition.

Left parties are in favor of ousting candidates against Kovind. They call it 'ideological conflict'. Some parties are also recommending the name of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar as a presidential candidate, while the name of former Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is also discussed. He is also Dalit. In Bihar, the ruling coalition includes Janata Dal (U), Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal.

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