2 min readNew DelhiJul 10, 2015 08:24 AM IST
First published on: Jul 10, 2015 at 12:00 AM IST
A RJD delegation would also meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to seek seeking action against the MLA.
With months to go for the Assembly elections in Bihar, highly placed sources in the JD(U) said that the party is keen to tap the Aam Aadmi Party to help reach out to the young electorate.
Sources said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Arvind Kejriwal twice at the Delhi CM’s residence recently, and added that another meeting may take place between the two this weekend.
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The sources added that while they are certain that Kejriwal would not put up any AAP candidate in the election, which is due in September-October, they were not sure about how Kejriwal would formulate his support for Nitish, given that the JD(U) has tied up with Lalu Prasad’s RJD. “The ascendance of Kejriwal in politics is rooted in the anti-corruption plank and he cannot obviously identify himself with either Lalu Prasad or the Congress,” sources said.
While Lalu is a convict in a corruption case and cannot contest the election, Kejriwal had targeted the Congress over a string of scams.
The JD(U) had signalled its willingness to support AAP, with party president Sharad Yadav addressing a meeting in favour of Kejriwal in Varanasi during the Lok Sabha elections last year.
This year, during the Delhi Assembly elections, the JD(U) did not field any candidates and prevailed upon other members of the Janata Parivar not to do so unless they had a candidate with a fair chance of winning in an electorate that had a sizable chunk of voters from Bihar.
In Delhi, Kejriwal’s government is locked in a power struggle with the Lt Governor and Nitish’s support would bolster his base, sources said, given that the Bihar CM is seen by AAP as being “free of the baggage of corruption and casteism”.
A RJD delegation would also meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to seek seeking action against the MLA.
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