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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Piyush Tripathi | TNN

Won’t resign as minister, let Nitish decide: Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani

PATNA: A feud with BJP has made Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani an isolated man in the political arena in the state. Though a sudden but well-planned coup by all three MLAs of his party, who joined the BJP on Wednesday, has shaken Sahani, he sounded rebellious on Thursday and refused to quit from the cabinet of ministers in the Nitish Kumar government.

Sahani, who is the state animal husbandry minister, has sought to remain in the government by putting the ball in the court of CM Nitish Kumar, who is supposed to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Lucknow on Friday.

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