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The Samata Party, the Janata Dal (United) and the Lok Janshakti have, in principal, agreed upon a merger plan.
Talking to reporters on Sunday, senior Samata Party leader and Union Railways Minister Nitish Kumar said JD-U president Sharad Yadav, Lok Janshakti leader Ramvilas Paswan and he himself had "in principle" agreed on unification of the three parties and steps were afoot to arrive at a final agreement on the merger.
The merger proposal would be taken up at a meeting of MPs of the three parties to be held in New Delhi soon, Nitish Kumar said.
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