Actions of CBI, ED aimed at breaking opposition unity: Sharad Yadav

NEW DELHI: Even as Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is yet to break his silence on the CBI case against Lalu Prasad and his family members, leader of his JDU Parliamentary Party, Sharad Yadav, has said that actions of CBI and ED against opposition leaders were part of attempts to sabotage the Bihar alliance and ongoing efforts for unity of Opposition parties and asserted such efforts would not succeed.

“This tirade by agencies of the government which has been unleashed against many Opposition leaders is part of an attempt to break the united opposition, but this is impossible, we will unite,” Yadav said on Monday. Some senior Congress leaders and CPM chief Sitaram Yechury held discussions with Yadav, even as the AICC reiterated that the searches and the case on the RJD’s first family were politically motivated and aimed at breaking Opposition unity and the Bihar alliance.

Leaders of various Opposition parties are slated to attend a meeting called by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming vice-presidential polls and other ‘common causes’ but Nitish Kumar has created uncertainty about JDU’s participation by summoning all senior leaders and legislators for a meeting in Patna around the same time. There is also suspense on whether all 17 opposition parties that endorsed the Opposition presidential candidate will turn up for Tuesday’s meet.