To Lalu Yadav’s “doors are open” statement, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, “I don’t pay.”

In response to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s statement that his party’s “doors were always open” for the head of the Janata Dal (United), Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reacted on Saturday.

“I don’t focus on who says what.” I quit them (RJD) because things weren’t going well,” Kumar said. He said, “We will now look into whatever went wrong in between.”

On January 27, Kumar declared the dissolution of the 17-month-old coalition government, which was led by the Left, Congress, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

A few hours later, he formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and became the eighth chief minister since 2005, and the third in four years.

Inside the Vidhan Sabha building on Thursday, where the RJD chief had gone to encourage Manoj Jha and Sanjay Yadav, who had submitted nomination papers for the impending Rajya Sabha elections, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar were seen exchanging cordial handshakes.

They had not met before Nitish Kumar’s decision to break apart from the Mahagathbandhan.

When questioned about if his friendliness meant that he was still willing to make amends with Kumar, Lalu Prasad, the leader of the RJD, said, “Let him come back.” Then, (jab aaenge tab dekha jaaega) would be seen.

In response to further questioning about whether the door remained open for the erstwhile ally, Prasad said, “It is always open (khula hi rahta hai)”.

Regarding partners in the alliance with India
On Saturday, Nitish Kumar also addressed concerns on fears that Jayant Singh, the leader of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), and Farooq Abdullah, the head of the National Congress (NC), are straying from the INDIA alliance.

“I did all in my power to keep everyone together.As per ANI, Kumar informed reporters that the coalition had ended a long time ago. “Now I am working for the people of Bihar and will continue doing it…”

A number of NC officials have hinted that the party would not give any of the three Kashmiri Lok Sabha seats to its INDIA bloc partners. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the party had won all of the relevant seats.

NC president Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday that his party will stand independently for all five of Jammu and Kashmir’s Lok Sabha seats. Omar Abdullah, his son and the vice president of the party, subsequently emphasized that NC was a member of the INDIA alliance and that it would speak with Congress. But he said nothing about PDP.

Similar to this, Jayant Chaudhary, the leader of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), has made several clear indications regarding his intention to sever his party’s alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) since the Center announced that his grandfather, the late Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, would be receiving the Bharat Ratna.

However, as of yet, he hasn’t made any official or direct announcements in this area.