New Delhi: While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is making efforts to mobilise opposition parties against the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, his party's former national president, former Union minister and Nitish's close aide RCP Singh has joined the BJP.

Singh, who has been a close aide of Nitish for a long time, was also appointed as the national president of the JD(U). At one point, Singh had accused Nitish of taking a unilateral decision in joining hands with the Modi government. Following this, the former IAS officer was sacked from the party.

While Singh is yet to contest a direct election, he is aware of the very nuanced insights into Nitish's style of functioning and has a good rapport with JD(U) leaders and has been welcomed into the party by the BJP.

Singh joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the party's national general secretary Arun Singh and national media head Anil Baluni.

"Nitish Kumar is the PM. This is a permanent title for him. But this is not the PM that you think; Nitish PM means palti-maar (defector)," Singh said.

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