Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made it clear that he will not attend a function of Janata Dal (United) in Haryana later this month.
Kumar’s non-participation has come as relief to the BJP, which of late was forced on the back foot following Bihar CM’s demand for a caste-based census. The BJP is part of the ruling alliance in Bihar along with Kumar’s JD(U).  A statement on the decision was made here by the party’s national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, who said the chief minister’s hands were full so he will not be able to visit Jind on September 25, though the JD(U) will be sending national secretary general KC Tyagi as its representative.
He said under the prevailing circumstances, Kumar could “ill afford to go out of the state. He might, at most, make short trips to the national capital if the situation warrants”.  “The function is being held on the occasion of birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal for whom the chief minister has deepest personal regard,” said Lalan. “But, the situation in the state is fraught with challenges. Preparations are to be made for a possible third wave of COVID-19. Flood relief is to be undertaken. Affliction of children, on a large scale, by viral fever has to be tackled,” the JD(U) chief said.
It was being made rumor that the JD(U) strongman, whose party had been given a short shrift by the BJP in the recent Union cabinet expansion, might have decided to attend the Jind programme to express his disgruntlement.
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