Patna, May 18 -- Former Union Minister RCP Singh, who was once a close confidant of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Sunday merged his party Aap Sabki Awaj (AASA) with Jan Suraaj and vowed to work with its founder Prashant Kishor to build a better Bihar.

Singh, along with his supporters, announced the merger of his party AASA with Jan Suraaj in the presence of Kishor. Both Kishore and Singh expressed their commitment to work for building Bihar, which would be free from crime, corruption and communalism.

Kishor, speaking on the occasion, said that Chief Minister Kumar had once asked him to expand JD(U) in such a way that there could be no space for crime, corruption and communalism. He was then in JD(U), the Jan Suraaj leader recalled.

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