New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will attend Congress President Sonia Gandhi's Iftar party on July 13. This comes after Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad communicated that he would be skipping Sonia's Iftar party.
The RJD has been trying to downplay Lalu's absence in the Iftar party by stating that no motives should be attached to skipping it.
The RJD is organising a march to the Governor's residence on July 13 itself to demand that the Centre should release caste census. Meanwhile, the RJD supremo has also organised an Iftar party on the same day and it is unlikely that the RJD chief will send any of his representatives to Sonia's party.
With Nitish attending Sonia's party, it is to be seen whether he will send any of his representatives to Lalu's party.
Reports about Lalu's absence from Sonia's party came a day after the humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Bihar Legislative Council polls. The NDA won 13 seats in the elections while the Nitish Kumar led alliance managed to win just 10 of the 24 seats in the state. The results also significance in the wake of upcoming Bihar Assembly elections due in September-October.
Cutting across party lines, Sonia's Iftar party will be attended by all opposition parties and is crucial to show an united opposition ahead of the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament, which begins on July 21.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also skip the Iftar party but send her representatives. Sources said Mamata had accepted Sonia's invitation but communicated that she has work in Kolkata.
Another opposition leader who will not be attending Sonia's Iftar party is Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but will send his representatives.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader will be organising an Iftar party on July 12 and it is to be seen whether any senior Congress leader will attend it.
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