The Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Bihar’s ruling party led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is foraying into neighbouring Jharkhand, where it lost ground after 2005.
Bihar Cabinet Minister and JD(U) Jharkhand in-charge Ashok Choudhary visited Ranchi last week to take stock. He announced a rally by Mr. Kumar in Ramgarh district on January 21.
The JD(U), which has no legislator in the Jharkhand Assembly, is planning to go solo in the State. In Bihar, the party is an ally of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which has one MLA in the Jharkhand Assembly.