NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah Saturday invited Chief Minister of the eastern state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, to join the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Shah said that he met the chief minister, also the head of Bihar's regional Janata Dal (United) party, on Friday and extended him the offer in the wake of the two parties' recent alliance government in the state.
"I met JD(U) president Nitish Kumar at my residence yesterday. I invited JD(U) to join the NDA," the BJP chief tweeted.
If Kumar joins the NDA, then some of his party's lawmakers could get cabinet berths in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
"Kumar will take a call on joining the country's ruling alliance this month itself," a senior party leader said.
Kumar pulled out of the opposition Congress-party led United Progressive Alliance and formed a coalition government with the BJP in Bihar, following corruption allegations on his then Deputy Chief Minister, who belonged to former ally Rashtriya Janata Dal.
"NDA will also be stronger with Kumar's party joining it," a BJP leader said.
