With confusion persisting whether there would be merger of Janata Parivar or Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) would go into Bihar poll in alliance, Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said a decision would be taken on "merger or adjustment" soon.
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"Merger or adjustment we will <g data-gr-id="14">decided</g> after assessing all aspects and situation like safeguarding respective party symbol...<g data-gr-id="15">its</g> not a big issue... <g data-gr-id="17">hamara</g> <g data-gr-id="18">maan</g> <g data-gr-id="19">saf</g> <g data-gr-id="20">rahna</g> <g data-gr-id="21">chahiye</g> (our soul shall be clean)," Prasad said on arrival from Delhi.
Asked that media reports suggested that the last meeting on merger at Mulayam Singh Yadav residence in Delhi last week got stuck on the issue of projecting Nitish Kumar as chief ministerial candidate on which he was hesitant,the RJD chief rubbished them as "mischievous rumours spread by BJP and RSS to foil their coming together."