Days after former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav had claimed that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was holding its “doorways open” for the previous ally Janata Dal (United), CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday snubbed the RJD, stating that he had cast alliances “by mistake” with the opposition social gathering, which “did nothing” whereas in energy. Final yr, Nitish Kumar had snubbed ties with the opposition bloc INDIA and returned to the BJP-led NDA forward of the Lok Sabha elections.
Whereas talking to reporters within the north Bihar district of Muzaffarpur, as a part of a state-wide Pragati Yatra, Kumar quashed all rumours of becoming a member of fingers along with his former ally and stated, “Those that have been in energy earlier than us… did they do something? Folks used to concern stepping out of their properties after sundown. I had by mistake aligned with them a few instances,” as quoted by information company PTI.
“What was the situation of ladies again then? Immediately you possibly can see these self-help teams, which we gave the title ‘Jivika’. The Centre replicated our mannequin and known as it ‘Ajivika’. Did you see such assured rural ladies earlier?” requested the longest-serving CM of the state.
The Bihar CM, nonetheless, didn’t take questions concerning the cryptic “provide” from Prasad, which was made mild of by the RJD supremo’s son and inheritor obvious Tejashwi Yadav however endorsed by ally Congress.
Prasad’s feedback had come within the backdrop of Union House Minister Amit Shah’s equivocal stance on projecting Kumar because the chief ministerial candidate within the meeting polls due in lower than a yr. State BJP leaders, on their half, have been sustaining that the JD(U) supremo would be the “face” of the NDA within the 2025 meeting elections. The BJP, which fell in need of a majority within the Lok Sabha polls, depends upon allies like JD(U) and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP to outlive in energy on the Centre.
(With PTI Inputs)
