Lucknow, March 7 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party for allegedly weakening the Janata Dal (United) and taking control of Bihar.

The remarks come after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar filed a nomination for Rajya Sabha on Thursday, signalling the end of his record-breaking tenure as Chief Minister.

Referring to the political weakening of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and Akali Dal in Punjab, Rai implied that the BJP is following a similar pattern in Bihar. He further accused the JD(U) of becoming a "stooge of the BJP."

"The BJP is completely taking control in Bihar. Just as they weakened Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, finished off the Akali Dal in Punjab. In the same way, here (in Bih...