India, Oct. 16 -- Janata Dal (United) MLA Anant Kumar Singh on Friday claimed to have arranged the murder of nine people to help former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar during his political struggles. The ruling party was quick to distance itself from the controversial remark.

Singh, who represents Mokama, made the claim while criticising the party's decision to field his political rival, Neeraj Kumar, in the upcoming Bihar Legislative Council elections. He has vowed to ensure Neeraj Kumar's defeat and is backing Jan Suraaj Party candidate Anuj Singh.

"Nitish Kumar and I go back a long way. To help him, I got nine people murdered. I stood by him in times when he was struggling to find a toehold," Singh said, as per PTI.

Singh later ap...