*18 Lok Sabha MPs and 8 Rajya Sabha MPs join Laloo's new party

*PM declines to comment on Rashtriya Janata Dal or sack 3 Laloo ministers in the Cabinet.

*Kesri calls the split ``an internal party matter''. Congress is watching and waiting.

*BJP calls for the dismissal of the Laloo government.

*Laloo Yadav hopeful that Congress and CPI MLAs in Bihar will come to his rescue.

*Sharad Yadav still claims no split in the party.

* Karnataka MPs including two ministers remain in the JD but their sympathies are with Laloo.