'Cong, RJD, LJP part of one political family'

Patna: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Monday claimed that the Congress, Lalu Prasad's RJD and Ramvilas Paswan's LJP were part of a single political family and asserted that criticism of each other was a ploy to mislead the people.

"Congress, RJD and LJP are the parties of a single political family... their becoming bitter critics of each other at the time of elections is just to mislead the people," Jaitley said.

He was apparently reacting to RJD vice president Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's statement that breaking his party's ties with the Congress was "a big blunder" and he would seek support from secular parties, including Congress, for forming the government.

Jaitley said the Congress and RJD-LJP combine were bound to suffer major electoral reverses this time and the NDA led by Nitish Kumar would form the government once again with thumping majority.