BJP state president Nityanand Rai with senior leader Sushil Kumar Modi and leader of opposition Prem Kumar at Legislative party meeting in Patna on Wednesday. | PTI 
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Not in favour of mid-term polls in Bihar: BJP after Nitish resignation

Senior party leader J P Nadda also said that a three-member panel has been formed in Bihar to talk to BJP MLAs and report to the leadership to help it take a final call.

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NEW DELHI: The BJP today said it is against mid-term polls in Bihar where Nitish Kumar resigned as chief minister citing differences with ally RJD over corruption.

Emerging from the meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board attended among others by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior party leader J P Nadda said the board is against mid-term polls in the state.

He also said a three-member panel has been formed in Bihar to talk to BJP MLAs and report to the leadership to help it take a final call.

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