JDU's Upendra Kushwaha rejects rumours of joining BJP

Janata Dal-United (JD-U) National Parliamentary Board Chief Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday refuted the speculations about him joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the claims were 'baseless'.Earlier on Saturday reacting to the speculations of Upendra Kushwaha's alleged proximities with the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that he will meet Kushwaha and discuss it."Please ask Upendra Kushwaha to talk to me.Incidentally, earlier this month JD-U MLC Sanjay Singh put up posters across Patna, wherein Upendra Kushwaha's picture was missing.

He is currently unwell, I'll meet him and discuss this," Nitish Kumar said during his Samadhan Yatra in Gaya.The posters contained pictures of CM Nitish Kumar followed by party national President Lalan Singh, state ministers Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Ashok Chaudhary, Sanjay Jha, Lesi Singh, and Sumit Singh among other top leaders of JD-U- except Kushwaha.