Following dissolution of the outgoing 12th Bihar council by the state governor Buta Singh, the NDA today accused LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan of pushing Bihar towards President's rule.  It said that the RJD would continue to rule the state indirectly, as it is an UPA ally.

JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar said, "A canard is being spread that JD (U) is the villain of the piece for pushing the state towards President's Rule.  But in fact, it is because of Paswan, who wants to remain a minister at the Centre and continue his anti-RJD posture in Bihar"

While talking to the reporters after an hour-long meeting at the residence of the party's Parliamentary Board chairman Sharad Yadav, Kumar said that the "cherished desire" to provide a clean administration in Bihar would remain a "day-dream" so long as there was President's Rule in the state.  He said that NDA would try to ensure that a popular government is installed in the state as early as possible.

Paswan, who talked of President's rule during elections, has already made it clear that he will not form government with either the NDA or the RJD in Bihar.  (ANI)