Merger of Janata Parivar parties on track: Nitish

Senior JD(U) leader and former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that the proposed merger of Janata Parivar parties, including Lalu Prasad’s RJD and Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party, was on track, though no deadline has been fixed for it.

“We all are active on the merger. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who has been authorised to take it ahead, is working on it. We talked about it on January 1 too. He will finalise it after talking to everybody (all parties), but no deadline has been fixed for it yet,” said Kumar.

“Merger will be according to a set process and all formalities will be finished before it,” Kumar added.