Patna: Lalu Yadav, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is a part of Bihar's ruling coalition, today rubbished reports of differences with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, insisting that their "mahagatbandhan" or grand alliance is intact.
Talk of a growing rift between the alliance partners who came to power in November has been swirling since the release this weekend of don-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, an RJD leader who was jailed when Nitish Kumar first came to power in 2005 after ending Lalu Yadav's 15-year reign.
Shahabuddin faces over 40 cases including murder, kidnapping and extortion.
Later, Nitish Kumar said cautiously: "All I want to say is the law will keep doing its job."
The young minister has called it a BJP conspiracy. "They (the BJP) bring some photograph from somewhere and make some false allegations. How would I know who is a shooter from the 1,000 people who click photos with me?" he said yesterday.
"If the police is deliberately not arresting Kaif and the health minister is taking photographs with proclaimed offenders, the life of Rajdeo Ranjan's wife and her two minor children is at stake," Mrs Ranjan's lawyer Kishlay Panday was quoted as saying by the Press Trust Of India.
Talk of a growing rift between the alliance partners who came to power in November has been swirling since the release this weekend of don-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, an RJD leader who was jailed when Nitish Kumar first came to power in 2005 after ending Lalu Yadav's 15-year reign.
Shahabuddin faces over 40 cases including murder, kidnapping and extortion.
Later, Nitish Kumar said cautiously: "All I want to say is the law will keep doing its job."
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Lalu Yadav's son and Bihar minister Tej Pratap with Mohammad Jawed, accused in journalist's murder
The young minister has called it a BJP conspiracy. "They (the BJP) bring some photograph from somewhere and make some false allegations. How would I know who is a shooter from the 1,000 people who click photos with me?" he said yesterday.
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"If the police is deliberately not arresting Kaif and the health minister is taking photographs with proclaimed offenders, the life of Rajdeo Ranjan's wife and her two minor children is at stake," Mrs Ranjan's lawyer Kishlay Panday was quoted as saying by the Press Trust Of India.
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