Summary:
"However, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) parliamentary party secretary general and MP Chirag Paswan asked Nitish to join the NDA. Curiously, Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) national president Upendra Kushwaha has refused to comment on the issue. Chaurasia said, "Unko Naa NDA se bhagaaya tha, Naa bulaaya hai (We neither asked him to quit NDA nor are we inviting him to join us. Such questions arise as and when bickering erupts between the RJD and JD(U) functionaries. Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) chief and former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi has also maintained silence after expressing his confidence in Kovind as the BJP's choice for the President's post..