Rahul Gandhi reaches out to Nitish; seeks JD(U) support in VP polls

JD(U) says it will support Opposition candidate, Lalu calls for Priyanka to join politics

The result of the Vice-Presidential election, scheduled for August 5, is a forgone conclusion in favour of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), but the Opposition hopes to make it yet another display of its unity and mark it with the return of Janata Dal (United) to the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) camp.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has extended the olive branch to the JD(U) leadership, and the latter have committed to supporting the Opposition candidate for the vice presidential election.On Tuesday, Gandhi, who returned earlier this week from his foreign sojourn, asked Bihar Congress chief Ashok Choudhary to take disciplinary