Nitish Kumar to campaign for INLD candidates

GURGAON: Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will campaign for Om Prakash Chautala's Indian National Lok Dal in the Haryana assembly elections. The senior Janata Dal-United (JD-U) politician will address 10 election rallies across Haryana on Oct 11 and 12, said JD-U's national spokesperson K C Tyagi. Elections to the 90-member state assembly will be held Oct 15.

"Nitish Kumar along with former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader Deve Gowda will address election rallies in support of INLD candidates," Tyagi said. Their campaign will focus on exposing the "double standards" of the BJP and its "hidden agenda", he said.

Last month, the JD-U and INLD decided to go together in Haryana assembly polls to defeat the BJP.

Yadav said that it was an effort to unite the "disintegrated Janata Dal parivar", referring to the time they were part of one political outfit during the VP Singh leadership.