Kushwaha arrives in Bihar, seeks to downplay absence at NDA get-together

Union minister Upendra Kushwaha today sought to downplay his absence at a get-together of senior NDA leaders here last night which he said was due to "personal reasons" and asserted that the coalition was "intact."
Asked whether his unexpected absence at the feast did not indicate that he had some differences with his colleagues in the NDA, Kushwaha shot back "Amit Shah too did not attend the dinner. Would you pose such a question to him?"
Recent statements by the JD(U) that it was the elder brother in the NDA in Bihar,
RJD national spokesman and Rajya Sabha member Manoj Jha claimed "what is happening in the NDA is reflective of the tectonic shift in Indian politics as the common man sees himself pitted against the arrogant BJP. Leaders like Kushwaha have begun to do a rethink over their alliance with the BJP and many more would follow the suit in the near future."