Sharad faction of JD-U to hold executive meet

New Delhi Aug 18 (IANS) With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar s JD-U holding its national executive meeting on Saturday in Patna suspended party leader Ali Anwar said on Friday that the Sharad Yadav faction will simultaneously hold a separate meeting.

"Earlier we decided to attend the party s meeting on August 19 but as we all were suspended one by one - and they kept on disrespecting Sharadji - so we called a separate meeting " Anwar told reporters here.

Asserting that the Sharad Yadav-led faction was the real Janata Dal-United Anwar said the JD-U headed by Nitish Kumar was BJP s JD-U.

He added that if required they would approach the Election Commission to seek the party symbol and the name.

Another sacked JD-U leader Arun Srivastava said Nitish Kumar had "become a dictator as he never discussed anything with any other senior leaders in the party" and added that their faction had the support of 14 state units.

-- IANS
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