'Khela Hokhi' in Bihar: Section of Congress insulted Nitish Kumar, says JDU leader

Janata Dal (United) political advisor and spokesperson KC Tyagi said on Saturday that it is very clear that the grand alliance government in Bihar is on the verge of collapse. He also accused a section of the Congress leadership of repeatedly “insulting” Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

This statement has come at a time when such speculations are being made Nitish Kumar can change alliance! And return to the BJP-led NDA before the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

“India Bloc is on the verge of collapse. The alliance of India Bloc parties in Punjab, West Bengal and Bihar is almost over,” ANI quoted Tyagi as saying.

“The aim and intention with which JD(U) president Kumar succeeded in bringing non-Congress parties with the Congress has failed,” Tyagi said, stressing that their leader should ” Misunderstood”.

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“Kumar never aspired to a position in the alliance but was repeatedly insulted by a section of the Congress leadership,” he said. Tyagi reportedly said he was unable to understand why the India Bloc parties ” How can she fight the all-powerful BJP?

However, in the press conference on Saturday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh highlighted its importance Nitish Kumar has dominance in India, He said that one of the architects of the alliance is the Chief Minister of Bihar and one of the co-builders is the Chief Minister of West Bengal (Mamata Banerjee).

‘There is still a game left to play in Bihar’

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders gathered at party supremo Lalu Prasad’s house in Patna on Saturday to attend an emergency meeting called by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.

According to ANI, sources said that Tejashwi Yadav told the party leaders present in the meeting that Nitish Kumar is ‘respectable’ but there are many factors which are not in his ‘control’.

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Sources quoted Tejashwi Yadav as saying, “CM Nitish Kumar was and is respectable. Many things are not in his (Nitish Kumar’s) control. RJD’s allies in the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ always respect the Chief Minister…”

Sources said that Tejashwi also indicated many unexpected developments in the state. Yadav reportedly said, “The Chief Minister used to sit with me on the stage and ask, “What was there in Bihar before 2005?” I never responded… Now, more people are with us.”

“Whatever was left incomplete in two decades, we managed to complete it in a short period of time – be it jobs, caste census, increasing reservation etc. ‘Bihar mein abhi khel hona baaki hai’ (Bihar mein khel abhi yet to begin) Yadav was quoted as saying.

(With inputs from ANI)

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