Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of all MLAs and MPs of his party, the Janata Dal-United (JDU), on Tuesday, amid reports of a widening rift with his dominant alliance partner, the BJP. This comes after top JDU leader RCP Singh, Kumar’s lone man in the Modi cabinet and seen close to the BJP, quit the party and lashed out at the Bihar chief minister.

Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal spoke out on PM Modi's 'revdi culture' remark on Monday. He said an atmosphere is being created against free government welfare services by terming them freebies, rather than planning to strengthen them in the 75th year of independence.