BJP-JD-U alliance natural: Sushil Modi

Kolkata Nov 24 (IANS) Taking a dig at RJD chief Lalu Prasad Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Sushil Modi on Friday said the alliance between Nitish Kumar s JD-U and his party was "natural" and the "unnatural" Nitish-Lalu partnership died "naturally".

In July Nitish Kumar became Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time after he ended his two-year-old alliance with Lalu Prasad s Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.

"Nitish Kumar was with the BJP for 17 years. And again the BJP and the JD-U have come together. That is the natural alliance.

"The unnatural alliance with Lalu Prasad died naturally. No gentleman can work with people like Lalu Prasad a chaotic and disorganised man " Modi said at the India Today Conclave East.

Modi said he did not expect the Janata Dal-United and RJD alliance to come apart in such a short span of time but he knew it was bound to happen.

"How can Nitish Kumar defend Tejashwi Yadav (Lalu Prasad s son) who was facing corruption charges?" he asked.

Asked whether he saw any difference between the present JD-U-BJP partnership as compared to earlier one he said: "I don t find any difference."

"During our earlier alliance there was a government at the Centre which worked against Bihar. Now there is a synergy between the Centre and state government.

"In the second tenure of the JD-U and the BJP more development would take place. There is no confrontation between the state and centre now " Modi added.

--IANS
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