Patna, July 30 (IANS): Barely able to walk, a frail George Fernandes, helped along by Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leaders, Thursday filed his nomination papers as a party candidate for a Rajya Sabha by-election from Bihar.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of JD-U, who had been held responsible for Fernandes' defeat in the Lok Sabha polls this April-May, said that there were "no differences" with the veteran politician.
Fernandes, 78, was accompanied by JD-U leaders and party workers when he filed his papers.
The by-poll was necessitated by the resignation of JD-U national president Sharad Yadav following his election to Lok Sabha from Madhepura.
"I simply asked George Fernandes whether he was keen to go to Rajya Sabha, he said yes and I invited him here to file his papers," Nitish Kumar said Thursday.
Kumar said that there was no differences with Fernandes.
The JD-U in March this year denied Fernandes a ticket for the Lok Sabha elections on grounds of his "advancing years and failing health".
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Fernandes contested as an independent candidate from Muzaffarpur in the Lok Sabha polls and was defeated.