JD(U) asks its former president RCP Singh to explain to public what 'RCP tax' was

PATNA: Hitting back at its former national president RCP Singh for mocking Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as “palti maar”, ruling JD(U) on Friday asked the bureaucrat-turned-politician to explain what the "RCP tax" was.
Addressing a press conference in Patna, JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh said when RCP Singh was with the JD(U), there was a strong discussion about ‘RCP tax’ in Bihar. “What kind of fame he (RCP) had acquired? He had acquired fame about ‘RCP tax’. Now, he should explain to the public what the ‘RCP tax’ was?” Lalan asked.
"Now, he is making allegations about corruption in the state government. He might have been collecting, so he was aware of corruption. Now he himself is proving that there was ‘RCP tax’," Lalan said while levelling charges of corruption against the former party president.
RCP, a close confidant of Nitish for almost 25 years, joined the BJP in New Delhi on Thursday in the presence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, almost nine months after he left the JD(U) in August last year. Soon after joining the BJP, RCP mocked his former political mentor Nitish as “Palti maar” doing "everything to save his chair."
Asked about RCP’s allegation that “Nitish is doing everything for chair”, Lalan said, “I have said this several times that he (RCP) was busy in weakening Nitish Kumar in the party by working as an “agent of the BJP” within the JD(U).
"Now, my charge that RCP was working as “BJP agent” in the JD(U) stood vindicated with his induction into the saffron party on Thursday. Ultimately, he went where he had to go," Lalan said.
Lalan also recalled how Nitish had once relinquished the post of JD(U) president for RCP because he had full faith in the bureaucrat-turned-politician.
"Nitish Babu used to say that he was against crime and corruption. Today, he is sitting in the lap of those against whom he once struggled. He is in love with the letter 'C' because 'C' stands for chair also. Everything he is doing is for the chair only," RCP alleged soon after joining the BJP on Thursday.
Lalan also expressed happiness over the Supreme Court's two judgments on Thursday, which were passed on the Maharashtra political crisis and Delhi government's powers regarding transfer and posting of officers.
"Both the judgements are excellent examples of the judiciary upholding democratic principles in the country and thwarting attempts of the BJP-led government to run the show with the help of its 'caged parrots'," Lalan said in an obvious reference to alleged misuse of the central investigating agencies by the Centre.