The Mahagathbandhan CM candidate and RJD leader, Tejashwi Yadav, told reporters: “What Nitish Kumar Ji did with Chirag Paswan was not good.
The problems for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar do not seem to be ending. As the Lok Janshakti Party led by Chirag Paswan quit the National Democratic Alliance short ahead of the Bihar assembly polls and will field candidates against Nitish’s JDU, there have been speculations that JDU can be dumped by the BJP in a post-poll alliance if BJP emerges as single largest party.
Nitish Kumar has been facing barbs from opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav as well as ally-turned-rival Chirag Paswan in the Bihar election campaign. But it would be worrying for Nitish if these two join hands against him.
The Mahagathbandhan CM candidate and RJD leader, Tejashwi Yadav, told reporters: “What Nitish Kumar Ji did with Chirag Paswan was not good. Chirag Paswan needs his father at this time more than ever before but Ram Vilas Paswan is not among us and we are sad about it. The way Nitish Kumar behaved…did injustice to Chirag Paswan.”
This comes shortly after Chirag Paswan, in an interview to NDTV, talked about feeling hurt by Nitish Kumar’s stance after his father and former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s death. Chirag Paswan claimed that the CM had snubbed him and had not said a word of condolence to him or his mother.
“I touched his feet and he ignored me. Everyone saw that. I am shocked that because of our personal feelings, we even forget basic shishtachar (courtesy),” Chirag had said, talking about when his father’s body was flown from Delhi to Patna, Nitish Kumar was at the airport to pay tribute but did not acknowledge him.
On the other hand, Tejashwi’s comments may have a strategy behind them, many suggest.
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