A formal announcement of the new entity to be named either Samajwadi Janata Party of Samajwadi Janata Dal with cycle as its symbol is set to be made tomorrow after a meeting at Yadav's residence.
The meeting is expected to be attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, its general secretary K C Tyagi, JD(S) chief and former Prime Minister HD Devegowda, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Samajwadi Janata Party chief Kamal Morarka and INLD leader Dushyant Chautala besides Mualyam Singh Yadav's brother Ramgopal Yadav.
Nitish Kumar, a key face of the grand alliance, is set to arrive in the national capital this evening.
"We are meeting for the final announcement.Leaders of all these parties have already talked to each other and all issues have been resolved.We expect the announcement tomorrow," Tyagi told a news agency.
Sources said that after discussions, there is an agreement that the new entity will retain the cycle symbol of Samajwadi Party.
On April 5, RJD chief Lalu Prasad had given the slogan of "Ek Jhanda, Ek Nishan" (one flag, one symbol), almost announcing the merger and had dared the BJP to come to Bihar.
Zero plus zero is zero: Shah on Nitish, Lalu coming together
Taking the battle to Nitish Kumar's home turf, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday ridiculed the Janata Parivar alliance with Lalu Prasad saying "zero plus zero remains a zero" and claimed that nobody can stop the saffron party from coming to power in Bihar. Attacking the duo, he asserted their merger would not pay them any dividend. "Whether its 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) or 'mahavilay' (grant merger) nobody can stop BJP from coming to power in Bihar with two-thirds majority in coming poll," Shah said in his speech at 'Karyakarta Samagam' (workers congregation) on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar. In his about 15-minute speech at the historic Gandhi maidan, he attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by accusing him of "stabbing on the back the mandate given to BJP, JD(U) combine in 2010 state poll (by ties with BJP)."
The meeting is expected to be attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav, its general secretary K C Tyagi, JD(S) chief and former Prime Minister HD Devegowda, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Samajwadi Janata Party chief Kamal Morarka and INLD leader Dushyant Chautala besides Mualyam Singh Yadav's brother Ramgopal Yadav.
Nitish Kumar, a key face of the grand alliance, is set to arrive in the national capital this evening.
"We are meeting for the final announcement.Leaders of all these parties have already talked to each other and all issues have been resolved.We expect the announcement tomorrow," Tyagi told a news agency.
Sources said that after discussions, there is an agreement that the new entity will retain the cycle symbol of Samajwadi Party.
On April 5, RJD chief Lalu Prasad had given the slogan of "Ek Jhanda, Ek Nishan" (one flag, one symbol), almost announcing the merger and had dared the BJP to come to Bihar.
Zero plus zero is zero: Shah on Nitish, Lalu coming together
Taking the battle to Nitish Kumar's home turf, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday ridiculed the Janata Parivar alliance with Lalu Prasad saying "zero plus zero remains a zero" and claimed that nobody can stop the saffron party from coming to power in Bihar. Attacking the duo, he asserted their merger would not pay them any dividend. "Whether its 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) or 'mahavilay' (grant merger) nobody can stop BJP from coming to power in Bihar with two-thirds majority in coming poll," Shah said in his speech at 'Karyakarta Samagam' (workers congregation) on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Dalit icon B R Ambedkar. In his about 15-minute speech at the historic Gandhi maidan, he attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by accusing him of "stabbing on the back the mandate given to BJP, JD(U) combine in 2010 state poll (by ties with BJP)."