Patna/New Delhi:
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has declined to just accept Opposition chief Lalu Yadav’s olive department of kinds. There is not any going again, Mr Kumar indicated when requested about Mr Yadav’s remark that his “doorways are open”.
Mr Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), was as soon as a accomplice within the Grand Alliance comprising Mr Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and others. The JD(U) chief left the grouping attributable to variations and rejoined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
“Those who have been in energy earlier than us… did they do something? People used to worry stepping out of their houses after sundown. I had by mistake (“galti se“) aligned with them a few instances,” Mr Kumar advised reporters.
“What was the situation of girls again then? Today, you’ll be able to see these self-help teams, which we gave the title Jivika. The Centre replicated our mannequin and referred to as it Ajivika. Did you see such assured rural ladies earlier?” the Chief Minister mentioned.
Mr Yadav, a former chief minister himself, made the feedback about “holding doorways open” days after BJP chief and Union Home Minister Amit Shah appeared to venture Mr Kumar because the chief ministerial candidate for the meeting election due in lower than a yr.
Bihar BJP leaders have additionally mentioned Mr Kumar would be the face of the NDA within the meeting election.
The BJP fell wanting a majority within the Lok Sabha election earlier this yr. The celebration will depend on allies such because the JD(U) and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP to remain in energy within the centre.
Mr Kumar was in Muzaffarpur to put the inspiration stone of a Rs 450-crore scheme when he made the feedback on Mr Yadav’s cryptic provide.
The RJD had up to now mentioned it might by no means work with Mr Kumar once more.
“Our door is closed for Nitish Kumar perpetually. We don’t want him. There is nothing left in Nitish now. The folks of Bihar belief me, and this time we are going to kind the federal government on our personal,” Tejashwi Yadav, the son of the RJD chief, had mentioned.