New Delhi: This should put a smile on Narendra Modi's face. In a blow to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United, former revenue secretary NK Singh is set to leave the party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Singh told CNN-IBN that he had sent his resignation to the Nitish.
Singh expressed disappointment over the current situation in Bihar, saying ever since JDU broke ties with BJP last year the issue of development has taken a back seat.
He said he had told the Chief Minister that his government was now more focussed on political survival rather than development of the state.
Singh said he had joined the JD(U) at a time when the government was involved in spectacular work on the matrix of development in Bihar.
He gave indications of his rift with Nitish when he delivered his farewell address in the Rajya Sabha last month, when he said the credit for far-reaching economic and social changes in Bihar cannot be given to one person or party.
"It is the outcome of the joint efforts of the NDA to which party (BJP) was an alliance partner till June last year. And the collective political leadership of both the parties played a crucial role in bringing about these far reaching changes," he had said.
(With additional information from PTI)
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