Congress accuses BJP, Nitish of opportunism, treachery

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

The on Thursday questioned the integrity of and the intentions of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and accused them of having political ideologies - oppotunism, treachery and the likes - which might harm the state.

The has released a statement which stated that Nitish Kumar's hunger for power has overpowered everything else.

The statement also questioned Prime Minister Modi's decision to form a with Nitish Kumar, having previously questioned his 'political DNA'. It said that the (United) (JD(U)) and the share similar political ideologies like opportunism, treachery, hunger for power and disregard of people's mandate.

The statement added that this decision was an insult to the people of who had rejected the leadership of the in favour of the 'Mahagathbandhan'.

The also compared Bihar's situation to that of and Manipur.

"People's will was brutally rejected by the in and a party defeated by people in forcibly formed the government," the statement read.

saw a major midnight political drama soonafter resigned on Wednesday as Chief Minister to protest against his Deputy and Rashtriya (RJD) Supremo Lalu Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav's stubbornness to stay in the Cabinet despite being named in an F.I.R. over the corruption charges.

However, Tejashwi put the onus on Nitish and the (BJP) for the latest political development in the state.

Tejashwi said that political vendetta against him exposed the Opposition's viciousness.

"I delivered manifold than what was expected of me. My performance perturbed our ally and the The vendetta against me exposes their viciousness," he tweeted.

The RJD on Thursday morning was forced to cancel its protest march to Raj Bhavan to oppose Kumar's swearing-in ceremony due to the probationary orders.

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