INDIA SUMMARIZED

Carrying further its reservations over Narendra Modi, the Janata Dal (United), which runs a coalition with BJP in BIhar, has decided to contest assembly elections in Gujarat on its own. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose antipathy to Modi is well-known, will also campaign for the JD(U) candidates in Gujarat, where elections are due this year end. Giving indications of the party's plans, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav told reporters "BJP is the larger party in the NDA. We will go for alliance with BJP wherever it wants us, but barring in Gujarat". It is clear that whatever the drama Bihar JD(U) was playing over the declaration of the Prime Ministerial candidate was on the behest of none other than Sharad Yadav. The fact is Sharad Yadav is feeling suffocation in BJP and trying one or the other ocassion to creat rift in the NDA. He was replying to a question whether JD(U) contesting elections separately in a state ruled by BJP will not give impression of a...