Nitish, Lalu trade charges over resignations

The war of words between Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Union railway minister Lalu Prasad over the issue of resignation of legislators and MPs continued even with both blaming each other for breaching the unity among the political parties on the issue of hate attacks on north Indians by MNS activists.

While Prasad shot off a letter to Kumar seeking resignation by all MPs and legislators from the state for a united struggle to protest cruelty against Biharis, Kumar suggested that instead of politicising the issue Prasad should put pressure on the Centre to take stern action against the Maharashtra government for its failure torin in the divisive forces.

‘‘Prasad is a strong Cabinet minister and I have no doubts that he can compel the Centre to initiate action against the Maharashtra government’’, Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of the Janata Darbar.

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