Paswan rejects Nitish's missive

LJP chief said there was "no relevance" to it as long as JD(U) continued its bond of friendship with saffron party.

Apparently rejecting JD(U) Chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar's missive to non-RJD parties eliciting their support for forming a popular government, LJP President Ramvilas Paswan on Sunday said there was "no relevance" to it as long as the JD(U) continued its bond of friendship with the saffron party.

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"There is absolutely no relevance of the letter purported to have been written by Kumar seeking LJP's support for government formation as long as JD(U) continues its bond of friendship with the BJP," Paswan told reporters on the sidelines of the second day of his party's conclave here to review the poll outcome and explore ways for installing a government minus RJD and BJP.

"Even we have not gone through the text of the letter after we came to know that there is no mention about JD(U)'s position on continuing its ties with the saffron party," he said.

Nitish kumar had on Saturday sent separate letters to six non-RJD parties, including LJP and 17 independents with a copy of a Common Minimum Programme.