New Delhi: In a well-calculated move to mount pressure on Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today (May 21, 2004) remained non-committal over joining the Government and said they would take a joint stand on the issue.

NCP and RJD, who together have 30 MPs, would talk with the Congress leadership on Government formation, RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav and NCP chief Sharad Pawar said after an hour-long meeting.

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Yadav, who flew in from Patna, drove straight to Pawar's residence from the airport for parleys.