Amid hypothesis that former allies JD(U) and RJD could rejoin forces after seeing eye to eye on the problem of caste census, Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday put an finish to all rumours calling them “hypothetical”. The Leader of Opposition in Bihar additionally hit out on the latest CBI raids at his dad and mom’ Patna residence in his absence the place the central company had interrogated his mom Rabri Devi for almost 12 hours. Expecting extra such raids sooner or later, Tejashwi mentioned that the “cowardly” act was “neither the first, nor the last”.
On his return from UK, the place Tejashwi had been giving talks on India’s political state, the RJD chief advised journalists that the caste-census initiative was his and never the Bihar Chief Minister’s. “When we met Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year as part of an all-party delegation to press the demand for caste census, the initiative was mine and not that of Nitish Kumar. Does it mean I am ready for an alliance with the BJP? Please do not get too hypothetical,” mentioned the previous Deputy CM, additionally dismissing rumours of a realignment between the RJD and JD(U). Beside their widespread stance on caste-based census, each leaders have been seen attending Iftar hosted at their respective locations.
The RJD chief additional mentioned, “It is a fact that we are being targeted through investigating agencies because we are in the opposition. I have been witness to such action against my father since I was a child. This is not the first instance. If the misuse of constitutional agencies continues, it will not be the last either.”
Attacking the BJP over looking for scams in opposition to Lalu Prasad Yadav throughout his father’s tenure because the Railway Minister, Tejashwi alleged, “Now the railways is being sold in the name of privatisation. Still, it is we who are being accused of wrongdoing.”
Source: www.financialexpress.com”