After quitting NDA, Upendra Kushwaha to join Mahagathbandhan. LIVE UPDATES

Days after quitting the NDA owing to the discontent over seat sharing in Bihar for the upcoming General elections, RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha is set to attend the Bihar opposition meeting on Thursday, where he and his party are expected to join the Congress-led Mahagathbandhan.

This political development was confirmed by RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, who mentioned inviting Kushwaha for the opposition meet on Thursday afternoon.

"The meeting is in the evening, then everything will be clear. It is very obvious that we all are in an alliance, so regular meetings like these takes place. If something new happens, people will get to know....We have invited people in past too. If Upendra Kushwaha ji wants good for country, we've invited him. There have been attempts to crush regional parties, even LJP isn't happy with Modi ji's faction and that proves the fact," he told media.

READ: RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha Resigns As Union Min, To Quit NDA And Attend Opposition Meet: Sources

After being offered only two Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, which came at a time when he was already miffed with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for calling him 'neech', Kushwaha broke away from NDA and quit as Union Minister.

In the aftermath of his exit, he even met senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel and confirmed the possibility of him joining the Mahagathbandhan.

We have tried a lot to assemble every party trying to save the democracy. NDA is falling now. People are against NDA now. We have a 'Janta Gathbandhan'. People are against dictatorship. Even Chirag Paswan is not happy with NDA: Tejashwi Yadav ahead of the Bihar opposition meet

You know there is a gathbandhan in Bihar. Today we are pleased to announce that Upendra Kushwaha has also joined the Mahagathbandhan: Ahmed Patel

Upendra Kushwaha broke all ties with NDA, and today is joining hands with UPA. We will not have any problems in terms of seat sharing: Shaktisinh Gohil 

We welcome him, this is alliance of like minded party having the similar ideology: Shaktisinh Gohil

This is not a gathbandan of parties, but a gathbandhan of people. This is an alliance to save the democracy, country: Tejashwi Yadav

The way 'unofficial emergency has been declared', the way in which PM has become a dictatorship, the situation has come up to this. In Bihar, it is a double-engine government. One with corruption, one with crime: Tejashwi Yadav

What has the BJP given to this state? I want to ask Nitish, what has been done for the state? We are giving an alternate to people of Bihar, even if we do less promise, we will fulfill it: Tejashwi Yadav

We have united to give a befitting reply to alliance of thugs. The people of Bihar have decided to throw this government out: Tejashwi Yadav

BJP has betrayed it's allies...be it in Jammu and Kashmir or any other state. Hence we need a Mahagathbandhan on the national level as well: Tejashwi Yadav

From today, our party has become a part of the UPA. One reason for me joining the Mahagathbandhan is Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Prasad Yadav. But the biggest reason is the people of Bihar: Upendra Kushwaha