“We Are With NDA”: Nitish Kumar’s JDU, As Tejashwi Yadav Says “Bargainer”

Patna:

Amid reviews of rifts between the BJP and the Janata Dal United – senior members of Bihar’s ruling alliance, there have been indicators of a truce on Sunday after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s occasion – the JDU – indicated it didn’t need to escalate issues any additional.

At the tip of a two-day assembly of the JDU state government, Lalan Singh, who’s the occasion’s chief within the Lok Sabha, advised reporters “we are with the (BJP-led) NDA”. He dismissed rumours suggesting an extra breakdown of what was a fragile relationship within the run-up to November elections, by which the BJP claimed 74 seats to the JDU’s 43 to emerge because the stronger of the 2 events.

“In the last two days, as the party was meeting, there was a lot of speculation. We want to make it clear… we are with the NDA. During the meeting we realised that although our seat share had been reduced, our vote share had not. We will strengthen the party,” Mr Singh stated.

Mr Singh additionally confirmed senior chief Umesh Kushwaha had been unanimously elected the chief of the occasion’s state unit, and that the JDU would work to meet Nitish Kumar’s seven ballot guarantees.

अब सुनिए ललन सिंह की अटकलों पर सफ़ाई कि उनके नेता नीतीश कुमार और उनकी पार्टी जनता दल यूनाइटेड एनडीए में क्यों रहेगी ।⁦@ndtvindia⁩ ⁦@Anurag_Dwary⁩ ⁦@NitishKumar⁩ pic.twitter.com/7iSfLEJufq

— manish (@manishndtv) January 10, 2021

The declaration of goodwill, although, was in distinction to outbursts by a number of JDU leaders who misplaced seats in final yr’s Assembly election; many brazenly accused the BJP of backstabbing its ally.

Nitish Kumar himself launched an oblique assault on Saturday, claiming his occasion struggled to win seats because of delayed seat-sharing talks between the 2 events. He stated the JDU had “paid a big price” and that “false propaganda was spread against my party” – a veiled reference to LJP chief Chirag Paswan, who many noticed as the election’s ‘x-factor’.

Nevertheless, it seems the occasion has, for now not less than, decided on repairing its ties with the BJP.

“We must strive to work for all those who voted for us as well as those who did not. I urge candidates who lost to devote themselves to serving the people with gusto,” Mr Kumar stated Saturday.

The opposition, although, has a distinct tackle the matter.

RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav, who very almost led his occasion (and the mahagathbandhan) to energy, stated Nitish Kumar was a “bargainer” and was solely “blackmailing” his ally.

“If you look at Nitishji‘s past… whether it is George Fernandes, Congress or our party.. who hasn’t he deceived? What goes around comes around. He is hungry for power. He is a bargainer… a blackmailer who has done huge damage to Bihar. He is not a leader,” Mr Yadav declared.

भाजपा के नेताओं को दिल्ली से पटना तक तेजस्वी यादव का यह बाइट ज़रूर सुकून देगा जिसमें उन्होंने नीतीश कुमार के नेताओं द्वारा भाजपा पर ‘ विश्वासघात ‘ के आरोप पर कहा कि यही तो नीतीश जी सबके साथ करते आये हैं ।⁦@ndtvindia⁩ ⁦@Anurag_Dwary⁩ ⁦@सुओर pic.twitter.com/WBae5is42P

— manish (@manishndtv) January 10, 2021

Ties between Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav have been icy because the former ditched the RJD and Congress to return to the BJP two years after they swept the 2015 election. In campaigning for the 2020 election, Mr Yadav continuously accused Mr Kumar of being “greedy” for energy.

Tejashwi Yadav single-handedly dragged the opposition alliance, which incorporates the Congress, to a well-known win within the Assembly ballot. The RJD completed with 75 seats to change into the single-largest occasion.