'JDU-mukt Manipur': Sushil Kumar Modi as 5 MLAs from Nitish Kumar's party merge with BJP
India Today
BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi took a jibe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after five out of six JD(U) MLAs merged with the BJP in Manipur on Friday.
Five of the six Janata Dal (United) MLAs in Manipur merged with the BJP on Friday, weeks after Nitish Kumar's party broke alliance with the BJP in Bihar and walked out of the NDA alliance.
Soon after the valid merger of Manipur JD(U) MLAs with the BJP, MP Sushil Kumar Modi took a jibe at the Bihar CM saying states like Manipur and Arunachal have become "JD(U)-mukt".
Among the JD(U) MLAs, who joined the BJP ahead of the saffron outfit's crucial national executive meeting in Patna, include Khumukcham Singh, Ngursanglur Sanate, Achab Uddin, Thangjam Arun Kumar, and LM Khaute.
The Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly has also approved the merger of Janata Dal United legislators and the BJP.
This is the second blow for Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United in the last nine days.
On August 25, the lone JDU MLA, Teki Kaso in Arunachal Pradesh, joined the BJP in the presence of party national president JP Nadda.
Janata Dal United had won seven seats in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections in 2019, but six of its members later switched sides and joined the BJP. The lone MLA also joined the saffron party on August 25.
