New Delhi, Jan 22: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s party, the Janata Dal (United), also known as JD(U), fired its Manipur unit chief Kshetrimayum Biren Singh who claimed that the party withdrew support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Manipur.
Speaking to the news agency ANI, JD(U) National spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said that Singh’s claim was misleading and baseless.
“The party has taken cognisance of this and the president of the Manipur unit of the party has been relieved of his position,” Prasad added.
The JD(U) has only one MLA in the Manipur Assembly—Md Abdul Nasir. The JD(U) is an ally of the BJP at the central government level as well as in the state of Bihar. It was previously associated with the opposition INDIA bloc.
