Upendra Kushwaha to join UPA today

New Delhi, Dec 20 Days in the wake of stopping the NDA, Upendra Kushwaha-drove Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) is good to go to join the UPA crease on Thursday, a Congress head said.

Kushwaha has officially held chats with the Congress authority and a formal declaration will be made at the party headquarters soon, he said.

The former Union minister's joining the UPA is likely to give a boost to the formation of a stupendous union in Bihar to counter the NDA combine of Bhartiya Janata Party-Janata Dal(U)- Lok Janshakti Party.

"Kushwaha has already held talks with top Congress leadership and his joining the UPA fold is only a formality now," a top Congress leader, who was part of the discussions, told.

The Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi-drove Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) are as of now part of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and are looking to give a battle to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

The saffron alliance had cleared the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, winning 31 of the state's 40 seats.