"Had Limited Time To Make Decision...": RLD Leader On BJP Alliance Buzz
NDTV
If the RLD does cross to the BJP - a most likely scenario - it underscores the saffron party's determination to throw its political dragnet far and wide before the election.
Speculation over the Rashtriya Lok Dal's immediate loyalties - weeks before a general election - continued Monday evening, with party boss Jayant Chaudhary neither confirming, nor denying, reports he has ditched Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. #WATCH |Delhi: On joining NDA, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary says, "...I took this decision after speaking to all the MLAs and workers of my party. There was no big planning behind this decision, we had to take this decision within a short time because of the situation. We want to… pic.twitter.com/oCokYUX8gA
Mr Chaudhary's party - which last week celebrated the centre's posthumous Bharat Ratna for his grandfather and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh - said he "took this decision after speaking to all MLAs and party workers", and that he had limited time to make the "decision".
"... there was no big planning behind this decision. We had to take (it) within a short time because of the situation. We want to do something good for the people," he told reporters.
