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Even as LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan held a 30-minute meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi today, JD U leader Nitish Kumar bowled a fresh googly.
Nitish said he would agree to all of Paswan8217;s conditions, including parting ways with BJP, only if the latter merged his party with JD U. He was, however, quick to add that there was no question of snapping ties with BJP. 8216;8216;We are part of the NDA. Many parties are there. We have contested elections jointly. How can we adopt different paths,8217;8217; he asked. Forming a government in Bihar was possible only if there was 8216;8216;flexibility8217;8217;, he said, adding that fresh polls were the other option.
Paswan today met Sonia as part of his efforts to seek support of like-minded parties to form a government in Bihar, sources said. Last week, he had met CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan and NCP president Sharad Pawar separately.
Meanwhile, at a function to rename Bidupur railway station after socialist leader Akshaywat Rai in former CM Rabri Devi8217;s Raghopur constituency, RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav said a snap poll was the only way out of the Bihar deadlock. Mocking Nitish8217;s efforts to form a government with the help of the LJP and other anti-RJD parties, Laloo said: 8216;8216;The JDU tried to enter into a mismatched marriage just to keep the RJD away from power, but as expected, it broke off before being solemnised.8217;8217;
