Havent forgotten Sachar promise: JD-U

The BJP has called the Sachar Committee report divisive and opposed the demand of Dalit Christians for reservations on par with their Dalit Hindu counterparts. However,in Bihar,the BJP,as a junior partner,has silently gone along with Nitish Kumar in implementing his minority agenda.

Asked if the party would take a cue from Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik who parted ways with the BJP just before the polls and returned to power with a huge majority,Tewari said Patnaik may have had some problem with them,but there is nothing like this in Bihar.

However,Bihar JD(U) president Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lallan,a close confidante of Nitish Kumar,was critical of the BJP position on several issues. Tewari did not push the matter under the carpet either. In an obvious reference to the projection of Narendra Modi as a future PM candidate,the JD(U) general secretary said the NDA prospects were undermined by certain issues raised during elections,which were not required.