New Delhi sources have stated that in a big win for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Election Commission today recognized the group led by him as the Janata Dal (United), rejecting the claim of the Sharad Yadav faction over the party's name and election symbol. Kumar and Yadav parted ways after the former decided to join hands with the BJP in July, triggering a battle for the control of the party.



Meanwhile Yadav claimed that by ending the alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and deserting the greater 'grand alliance', Kumar had gone against the party's national executive's decision to oppose the BJP. As the rift between the two widened, Yadav held a 'national executive' of the JD (U) here where Chhotubhai Amarsang Vasava was appointed as the acting president.

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Accordingly Vasava approached the Election Commission staking claim over the party and its poll symbol 'arrow'. Yadav all along maintained that the faction led by him was the real JD(U). The EC, in its order issued today, said the group led by Kumar "has demonstrated overwhelming majority support" in the legislature wing as well as the majority in the national council of the party, which is the apex organizational body of the JD (U).


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