The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) was with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and would remain with it, union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Friday while clarifying that he was staying away from the cabinet meeting in
"I have not skipped the cabinet meeting. I am not able to attend as a previous meeting was fixed in Kolkata," Paswan said, responding to speculation that he was skipping the cabinet meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh because he was miffed with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's praise of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
There are elections in Kolkata and Himachal Pradesh, the steel minister said.
"Morever, there was no agenda of my ministry (in the cabinet meeting)," he added.
"The Congress has already clarified what Rahulji wants to say. I am with the UPA. LJP, RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal of Lalu Prasad) is with the UPA. And we will remain with UPA," Paswan asserted.
The reality, he said, was that Nitish Kumar was with the Bharatiya Janata Party-Led National Democratic Alliance Relations between the Congress and the RJD as well as the LJP have been strained to breaking point over seat sharing in
Current scene has really been sad. Dont know what has happened to UPA???
ReplyDeletePeople talking about secularism have started wooing non-secular parties.
ReplyDeleteThis alliance should remain intact in order to become the strongest support.
ReplyDeleteIn such turbulent times people should maintain their integrity
ReplyDeleteAtleast some leaders a sensible enough to maintain what they have said.
ReplyDeleteGood leaders never change their decisions for short term benefits
ReplyDeletePaswan ji good show atleast you dont change with the changing wind
ReplyDeleteYes thats the characteristic of a true leader
ReplyDeleteTrue leaders stand rock steady with their decisions
ReplyDeleteCant say we should wait till the results are out
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