Following the merger of five of six Janta Dal (United) MLAs with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Manipur, the two parties have got into a war of words with the BJP hailing the development as a "JD(U)-Mukt Manipur" [JD(U)-free Mannipur] and the JD(U) promising a "jumlebaaz-mukt" country in 2024.