"Controversy broke out after Sharad Yadav on Thursday declared in Patna that he was still with the Grand Alliance of the RJD and Congress. By calling us she wants to create a rift between party members.Also, with Sonia Gandhi inviting Sharad Yadav in the Opposition meeting today, the party has come down heavily on the Congress President saying she is trying to create a rift within the Nitish Kumar-led party."Sharad Yadav is free to take his own decision.New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that former Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav has every right to take his own decision as to where his loyalties lie, adding the decision to form an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was made with the consent of the entire party. We already have broken our ties with UPA and Mahagathbandhan.

Another wagon was added in the midst of Bihars ongoing "battle", when Yadav announced that he would kickstart a three-day Jan Samvad Yatra to discuss the repercussions of the withdrawal of the grand alliance in the state, adding that the faith of 11 crore people of Bihar was broken.Day one of the tour will see Yadav covering Patna-Sonpur-Muzaffarpur, while on day two he will be visiting Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga-Madhubani..Yadav will visit nearly eight to ten constituencies of Bihar from August 10 to 12 and will hold discussions.The senior party leader further said that the mandate was supposed to be for five years, which didnt happen and they are disappointed."One manifesto was ours and one manifesto was that of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)."I have been conducting rallies for 40 years. I have made it clear earlier also, but if still he wants to put forward his opinion then he is free to do so," Kumar said. In the 70 years of history, I cannot find an example where two opposition parties have a common manifesto," he said. The decision taken is not based on my will only, it had been made with the consent of the entire party.Yadav has rebelled against party president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for breaking away from the grand alliance to join hands with the BJP last month.This came after Nitish severed ties last month with the Grand Alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, to form a Wholesale waterproof tents for sale government in Bihar with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Addressing the media, Yadav said that people, who established the mandate were hurt because of the whole situation.

Even during the elections, we stayed in Bihar, did their publicity and stood with the mandate," Yadav said. As far as party is concerned, the party has taken its decision."I would just like to say that I still stand with the mandate and am going to meet a few friends from the Janata Dal," he added.Yadav further said that these are "troubled" times for democracy in Bihar.Speaking to ANI, JD (U) general secretary KC Tyagi said, "Calling our party members in meeting of Opposition leaders reveals Sonia Gandhis wrong intentions.

The MGP also passed a resolution extending support to the BJP if it forms government under the leadership of Mr Parrikar.Though there was no official confirmation on whether or not Mr Parrikar had resigned from the Union Cabinet, senior Union minister Nitin Gadkari, the BJP’s election in-charge for Goa, said the state unit had requested that Mr Parrikar be the chief minister, which was "agreed" to by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the parliamentary board of the party. Saturday’s poll results had thrown up a hung Assembly, with the BJP winning 13 seats and the Congress 17 in the 40-member Assembly. The BJP won back former ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), got a new ally in Goa Forward Party (GFP) and the support of two Independent MLAs.The MGP had snapped ties with the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections over former CM Laxmikant Parsekar’s style of functioning. Ever since the Assembly elections were announced, the Goa BJP unit has been demanding that Mr Parrikar return to the state. He said the BJP should accept defeat as the people of Goa had rejected the party.

The newly-elected BJP MLAs also passed a resolution urging party president Amit Shah to nominate Mr Parrikar as leader of the legislature party. He was also the party’s "star campaigner".Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh accused the BJP of "horse-trading, promising sums, ministries, corporations and SUVs to non-BJP MLAs to get their support". The name of railway minister Suresh Prabhu is Wholesale Folding Umbrellas Suppliers doing the rounds as Mr Parrikar’s possible successor. The halfway mark in the 40-member Assembly is 21 and the BJP has 22 MLAs on its side..Earlier on Sunday, the newly-elected BJP MLAs unanimously backed Mr Parrikar as state legislature party leader, while the MGP too said it would support a government led by Mr Parrikar.New Delhi: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar is all set to head back to home state Goa as the next chief minister, where the BJP managed to get the required numbers to retain power. Sources said two BJP MLAs had also indicated they were ready to vacate their seats for Mr Parrikar to be elected to the House. But the BJP managed to get three MGP, three GFP and two Independent MLAs to reach the halfway mark of 21.Mr Parrikar met Goa governor Mridula Sinha on Sunday evening along with Mr Gadkari, 13 party MLAs, three Maharas-htrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs, three Goa Forward Party and three Independent MLAs.

While the BJP is also in touch with the NCP, that won one seat, the latter was yet to officially reach out to the BJP."I have never seen in any other state where a political party which has been rejected outright, where the CM has lost, six ministers have lost, yet are staking claim to forming the government," the senior Congress leader said.Goa BJP chief Vinay Tendulkar also said the central leadership had agreed that Mr Parrikar should head the BJP legislature party in the state. Mr Parsekar lost his Mandrem seat to his Congress opponent this time, and tendered his resignation earlier during the day.