Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) national president, Sharad Yadav, held a close door meeting with chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and state party chief, Vashistha Narayan Singh at state guest house early on Saturday. Sharad reportedly asked Manjhi and Vashistha as to what is happening in the party.

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh and a few other party leaders also met him.The meeting came on the day the party organized Karpoori Thakur’s birth anniversary in which Sharad, Nitish Kumar, Manjhi and other leaders shared the dais.Later, to a question by the media on BJP chief Amit Shah’s attack on the state government Manjhi just replied: ask Nitishji. To another question as to what actually happened in the meeting he said ask Sharadji.

However, Singh, who earlier in the day had a meeting with Nitish Kumar, conceded that situation was becoming serious because of statements coming from party leaders. He did not name anyone.The meeting came a few days after 21 ministers of the Nitish Kumar camp attended a dinner hosted by the food minister Shyam Rajak. It was reportedly an exercise to put pressure on Manjhi and toe Nitish’s line.