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December 26, 2020: The Times of India

Just over a month after being reduced to BJP’s junior partner in Bihar, Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) has lost six of its seven MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh to its NDA ally.

Three of the defecting MLAs had been under suspension for anti-party activities since late November. The group of six had elected one among them, Talem Taboh, as their new legislature party leader allegedly without the knowledge of the JD(U) brass.

Bihar CM Nitish, who is JD (U)’s national president, sought to downplay the split, saying in Patna that it would have no bearing on his party’s relationship with BJP since their alliance was “confined to Bihar”. “They (the defectors) have gone their own way,” he said.

JD(U) general secretary K C Tyagi was far more candid. “Was it necessary?” he said of the six dissident MLAs’ decision and BJP’s acceptance of them. “What has happened is against the spirit of coalition politics,”. An assembly bulletin issued in Itanagar said the defecting MLAs filed papers, as required under Rule 4 of the Members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Grounds of Defection) Rules, 1987, before crossing over to BJP.

The lone People's Party of Arunachal legislator, too, joined the saffron party. "We have accepted the letters conveying their intention to join the party," BJP's Arunachal Pradesh chief B R Waghe said.

BJP now has 48 MLAs in the 60-member House, while JD(U) has been left with one. Congress and the National People's Party have four members each and three are Independents.

Though JD(U) has an alliance with BJP in Bihar, the relationship between the two parties is unclear in Arunachal. Both sides have fielded candidates against each other in multiple segments and wards for the panchayat and municipal elections.