On the other hand, senior RJD leader and spokesperson Chitranjan Gagan alleged that Nitish, contrary to his claim, was not happy with the Union Budget as he knew the reality of what the Centre actually gave to the state.“Peeved over the budgetary proposals made for Bihar, Nitish in fact boycotted the meeting. It is intriguing why he should not attend it when JD(U) wants to create an impression that the Narendra Modi government has given a Rs 58,000 crore-plus special package. Nitish not attending the meeting is not a normal thing,” he added.“RJD will hold a press conference on how the Centre is misleading people by repackaging old projects as new ones,” he added.Meanwhile, Nitish on Saturday held a meeting with JD(U) leaders from Jharkhand and said that his party wanted to contest the assembly election in the neighbouring state in alliance with the BJP.The meeting was attended by JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, who is in charge of Jharkhand, senior minister Ashok Choudhary, Rajya Sabha MP and Jharkhand RJD president Khiru Mahto, among others.Khiru, in the meeting, submitted a list of 11 seats which could be contested by JD(U) in the upcoming Jharkhand assembly election. The party leaders also demanded that Kurmis be included in the list of Scheduled Tribes. Delegates from West Bengal also supported their Jharkhand counterparts on the issue.“We will now move forward by raising the issue in Parliament and before President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah,” Khiru added.
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