Observing that an internecine strife has rocked the JD(U) after it suffered debacle in the lok Sabha elections last month prompting Nitish Kumar to resign from the Chief Minister’s post, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan claimed that a midterm poll may be held in Bihar within next six months.
“The JD(U) is wobbling with uncertain future ... I don’t think the Jitan Ram Manjhi Government will last for long forcing a mid-term poll in Bihar within next six months,” Paswan told reporters here.Kumar, despite demitting his post, was running the Manjhi Government with remote control while his successor was there for the sake of arrangement and doesn’t have powers to arrest the slide of the JD(U) for long, Paswan said.
The ruling party’s disinclination to contest by-polls on three Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar clearly pointed to an internecine strife within it amid banner of revolts raised by dozens of its lawmakers against the leadership, Paswan said.