BJP predicts divorce for JD(U)-RJD marriage

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that the alliance between the Janata Dal (United) (JD (U)) and Rashtriya Janata Dat (RJD) was like a marriage heading towards separation, adding that the people of Bihar do not want a 'divorce alliance' to run their government.

"It is certainly a matter between JD (U) and RJD, but what it goes to show is that the alliance which had spoken a lot. And what we are seeing is that the alliance has not come through, the marriage is not taking place. Immediately after the engagement, the separation talks have started and it is leading towards a divorce, that is the fate of JD (U), RJD alliance," BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh told ANI here.

"Therefore, the people of Bihar if they vote together for RJD and JD (U), they must realize what they are going to get in return. An engagement which leads to separation and then divorce, I am sure nobody wants a divorce alliance to run their government," he added.

The war of words between the JD (U) and RJD has escalated over the chief ministerial choice for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.

The JD (U) has made it clear to the RJD that the issue of projecting Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial choice was non-negotiable and there was no scope of even discussing this.

RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh later declared that projecting Nitish for the top post would be suicidal for any alliance.

Nitish has, however, so far maintained silence on the issue.