JD(U)K Nitish Kumar Government formation after dumping the BJP in Bihar was welcomed by several opposition leaders, who called it a return to engineering the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra and a “timely effort” to create unity among secular forces. The BJP, however, attacked the JD(U) leader for his switch with Union minister Giriraj Singh, saying the RJD will gain real power in Bihar and Kumar is serving his last term as chief minister.
Taking a jibe at the saffron camp, Bihar Congress in-charge Bhakt Charan Das quipped that ‘BJP-mukt Bihar’ is the new message sent to the people. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Bihar is not an “Operation Lotus”.
“No cash caught. No ED raids. No Assam CM. No resort travel. All done in typical Bihar style, decent and low-cost. CM gets the support of the single largest party and others. BJP in Maharashtra defected. In Bihar, the BJP was rejected and ousted,” he said in a tweet. Supporting Kumar’s decision to break ties with the BJP, NCP chief Sharad Pawar lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Accused of gradually eliminating regional allies.
Speaking to reporters in Baramati town of Maharashtra’s Pune district, Pawar claimed that the BJP was planning to weaken the Shiv Sena and create divisions in the party. The Maha Vikas Aghadi government comprising Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress was toppled and replaced by a government of a separate faction of Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde and BJP.
The BJP launched a scathing attack on Kumar for returning to the grand alliance. Giriraj Singh claimed that Nitish Kumar is completing his last term as the Chief Minister of Bihar and will never get the chair again. Referring to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s old remark in which he had called Kumar a “snake”, Singh said now the same snake has entered Yadav’s house to further his prime ministerial ambitions.
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi claimed that the new government would fall before completing its term in 2025. Sushil Modi, who has known Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for over five decades, also said that the JD(U) supremo has insulted the prime minister. Narendra Modi And the people of Bihar who voted for NDA.
Addressing a press conference, the former deputy chief minister alleged that Kumar would take advantage of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s illness to leave the RJD and try to divide it. He refuted claims of a “conspiracy” hatched through JD(U)’s RCP Singh, claiming that the former Union minister was inducted into the cabinet after Union Home Minister Amit Shah obtained assent from Nitish Kumar. was.
“We would like to see how the new Bihar government works with (RJD leader) Tejashwi as the de facto chief minister; It will collapse before the next elections,” the BJP leader said. Sushil Modi also alleged that Kumar wanted to become the vice-president and left the BJP after the party failed to fulfill his ambitions.
The former deputy CM’s allegation was refuted by Kumar’s JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, who called Sushil Modi a roadside leader left behind by his own party as a punishment for his close ties with Nitish Kumar. Funny as well. , Several opposition leaders lauded Kumar for taking oath as chief minister for the eighth time to lead the Grand Alliance government for the second time.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said the revival of the Grand Alliance in Bihar has strengthened secular and democratic forces in the country. “Heartfelt greetings to Thiru @NitishKumar and my brother @yadavtejashwi on taking oath as the CM & Deputy CM of Bihar. The return of the Grand Alliance in Bihar is a timely attempt at the unity of the secular and democratic forces of the country.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav Congratulations to Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav on becoming the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar respectively. Lauding Bihar’s development, Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha said Kumar was standing in the “front line” of the opposition camp. Mamata Banerjee and others to end the “Modi Raj” in the country in the 2024 parliamentary election.
Sinha said the BJP has tasted its own medicine after the JD(U) leader overthrew the governments of opposition parties in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said the JD(U)-RJD alliance in Bihar should not be limited to government formation, but should be a real beginning to bring together secular and democratic forces in the country.
Kumar’s JD(U) has insisted that it is not afraid of the ED and the CBI, as it has broken ties with the BJP, which rules the Centre. JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh, who addressed a press conference to respond to the BJP’s allegation of betrayal, accused the former ally of betraying the alliance’s religion.
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