Lalu spreads report on chances of split in Cong. to keep it in his pocket: Nitish

Patna, Sep 4: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today slammed RJD chief Lalu Prasad for making allegations that his party JD(U) was trying to create a split in Congress, saying he was deliberately spreading such baseless reports to keep demoralise the Congress and keep it in his pocket. Mr Kumar, after Lok Samvad programme organised at his official residence 1 Anne Marg, told media persons that Mr Prasad was deliberately spreading report on chances of split in Congress and making allegations against JD(U) for the same, to keep it in his pocket. "Mr Prasad has been keeping the Congress in its pocket in Bihar since long and once he feels that it would fly out of the pocket, he starts talking such things", Chief Minister said adding he did not pay any heed to such report. Mr Kumar also came down heavily on senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for his recent remarks against JD(U), saying he was trying to become a specialist on Bihar. Instead of trying to become specialist on Bihar, Mr Azad should focus on his home state Jammu and Kashmir where a lot of problems were to be solved and it needed cooperation from all, he remarked.  UNI