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  • Tejashwi slams Bihar’s law and order situation under CM Nitish Kumar, says goons ‘running the govt’

    Express News Service
    PATNA: Lashing out at the NDA government over an unprecedented rise in crimes in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav slammed the deteriorating law and order system in the state and dubbed Nitish Kumar as the ‘selected and nominated Chief Minister of BJP’ on Wednesday.

    “Bihar has gone into the wrong hands. Goons have a field day and ruling the roots while CM Nitish Kumar wastes his entire energy in editing and hushing up the news of the crime in the media,” Yadav said.

    Interacting with media persons a day after the murder of Patna–based station head of Indigo airlines, Rupesh K Singh, Yadav said that Singh was killed merely two kilometers away from the CM’s residence.

    “Murder, robbery, extortion, rape, and corruption cases have gone out of control but CM Nitish Kumar does not even like to speak to the kin of the victims. Where is PM Narendra Modi now? Why doesn’t he reply as to who is the ‘Maharaja of Mahajangalraj’? Now, only goons are running the government,” he said.

    Yadav also added that Kumar was made the CM “under pressure” and asked him to step away from the Home Department if he cannot manage it effectively.

    He also mocked Nitish Kumar by stating that no district in the state was bereft of crimes and that the situation would differ drastically if the government took requisite actions to curb it.

    Meanwhile, no breakthrough was achieved a day after the killing of the Indigo airlines employee, although ADG (HQ) Jitendra Kumar told the media a special investigation team (SIT) has been formed to crack the case.

    CM Nitish Kumar also expressed his condolences and assured of speedy arrest and trial of the accused.

    “Not a single case of crime can be tolerated and police must deal the criminals with strong hands,” Kumar said.

    According to official figures, over 17,000 persons were killed between 2015 to 2020 while more than 7,000 rape cases have been lodged during the same period in the state.

    ALSO WATCH | Bihar Elections Explained: Why Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD got maximum votes but not the CM-seat

    As per another official figure, 252 people were kidnapped for ransom in the last five years while 27 cases of bank robbery were registered as well.

  • Now, JD(U) predicts split in RJD after January 14

    Express News Service
    PATNA: The claim of BJP in-charge of Bihar Bhupendra Yadav on Sunday that there would be a major desertion of MLAs from the opposition RJD in the coming weeks has raised the political heat in the state. Interestingly, BJP’s ally JDU reiterated the claim on Monday.

    Supporting Bhupendra Yadav’s claim, Munger MP and JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh said the “break-up of RJD can’t be prevented”. “Whenever Bhupendra Yadav ji wants, the RJD will merge with the BJP. His prediction about a break-up in the RJD after Kharmas (January 14) can’t be taken lightly,” he said. Taking up any works before Kharmas is believed to be inauspicious by many.

    JDU national spokesperson and a close aide of Nitish Kumar, KC Tyagi, also aired the same view. Bhupendra Yadav on Sunday said the RJD would break-up after Kharmas. “We will be silent till Kharmas. After that, the RJD will break-up. If you can save the party, save it,” he challenged the RJP leadership. The RJD has reacted sharply to the claim. The party said it was the NDA that would break-up after January 14. “NDA is going to face desertions after the Kharmas,”said RJD Spokesperson Mritunjay Tiwari.

    It was only two weeks ago the RJD leadership had claimed that the Nitish-led government would fall as reports surfaced about the friction in the NDA over JDU lawmakers switching allegiance to the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh. Also, RJD leader Shyam Rajak had claimed that 17 MLAs of the JD(U) were in touch with the RJD and that more would cross over very soon.

  • ‘No question’ of approaching him: RJD says no to CM Nitish Kumar even if latter leaves NDA

    Express News Service
    PATNA: Putting an end to all political speculations, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that his party has not made any offer to CM Nitish Kumar, even if the latter deserts the NDA.

    Replying to a media query,  Yadav categorically denied that any offer has been made to Nitish Kumar from his party adding that there was ‘no question’ of approaching him (Nitish Kumar).

    “It is wrong to ask such a question. Bihar’s mandate is against Nitish Kumar.  They have no policy, no ideology.  They are neither for the poor nor for the labourers, ” he asserted.

    “We are ready to go for mid term polls in Bihar, ” he said, adding the state government’s days are numbered.

    ALSO READ | ‘Political jealousy’: Ex dy CM Sushil Modi accuses Lalu Prasad Yadav of ‘destabilising’ Bihar govt

    He also added that there has been a big loss of Bihar within the last 16 years.  “The NDA government is a curse for the state. They have increased unemployment. The JDU-BJP combine stole the mandate of people, that had been given to the Mahagathbandhan,” he alleged.

    Yadav also dubbed the NDA as “greedy for power”.

    Former CM and Tejaswi’s mother, Rabri Devi, and many other senior RJD leaders including Uday Narayan Choudhary and Shyam Rajak had said that if Kumar comes quits the NDA and wants to join the Mahagavabdhan, the alliance will consider him but on a condition that he must support Tejashwi’s candidature for the next Chief Minister of the state. 

    Kumar was offered to be projected as the opposition’s PM face for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    But JDU has refused to accept any such offer and dubbed it a desperate move by the opposition to consolidate power.

  • JDU MLA claims Nitish will leave CM post after six months, Tejashwi will form government

    By ANI
    BHAGALPUR: JDU MLA Gopal Mandal has claimed that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will step down from his post after six months and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav will form the government in the state.

    On Wednesday there was a phone conversation between Gopal Mandal and Bihpur MLA E Shailendra in which it was alleged that Gopal Mandal was abusing and using casteist slur. About this, the Navagachiya JDU held a press conference at the local hotel in Bhagalpur on Thursday.

    During the press conference, JDU MLA Gopal Mandal from Gopalpur denied the allegations in the viral audio and said that the viral audio was not correct.

    During this, he said that it was made viral by E Shailendra. “What kind of coalition is this,” he said.

    He even said, “After 6 months, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will step down from his post and the government of Tejashwi Yadav will be formed.”

  • ‘Political jealousy’: Ex dy CM Sushil Modi accuses Lalu Prasad Yadav of ‘destabilising’ Bihar govt

    Express News Service
    PATNA: Political slugfest ensued in Bihar when BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi accused incarcerated RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav of making attempts to destabilize the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government from his jail cell in Ranchi.

    Alleging Yadav of violating jail rules, Modi said that the former has been passing regular instructions via phone to his party members as to how to go about the ‘plan’.

    It may be recalled that it was Sushil Modi who released an audio clip wherein he claimed Yadav was luring a BJP MLA to remain absent during the election of the assembly speaker.

    Modi said a strong alliance between Bihar and JD-U, barring a few months in between, has been in place in the state for almost two decades and that the RJD is burning in ‘political jealousy’ over it.

    “..A short bad phase came and passed but the people have given us an opportunity to serve the state once more,” he added.

    ALSO READ | RJD will never be able to return to power, says RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha

    Mutual respect and trust in the NDA have kept the alliance afloat and rescued the state from ‘dark ages’, the former deputy CM said.

    “Electricity has reached every village in the state. Bihar is out of the ‘lantern era’. The state has also got new institutions of higher education but the opposition has no agenda but to ruin it all again,” he said.

    Modi said that the government is working on a plan to extend employment to 20 lakh people and the Department of Industries intends to introduce a ‘single window system’.

    The RJD had earlier offered a chance to Nitish Kumar to join the Grand Alliance after quitting the NDA and become the opposition’s projected PM candidate for 2024 general elections, in lieu of extending support to Tejashwi Yadav as Bihar’s next Chief Minister.

    An offer JD-U rejected with the party’s national president, RCP Singh, categorically stating that JD-U doesn’t need anyone’s help. “We (JDU) will stay ahead because of our strength”, Singh said.

    BJP to impart training to its teams in RajgirAmid speculations about JD-U, BJP ties after the Arunachal Pradesh incident, the saffron party has decided to impart training to its teams at Rajgir, the home district of CM Nitish Kumar.

    Party sources said that newly appointed district officer-bearers and state party office bearers would be trained at a training camp in Nalanda on January 9.

    Meanwhile, Congress leader Premchandra Mishra cautioned the JD-U and said that the Chief Minister should be wary of BJP’s motives ahead of the upcoming training session, which could be intended at 

  • RJD will never be able to return to power, says RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha

    Express News Service
    PATNA: RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, who was once part of Grand Alliance in Bihar along with the RJD, claimed that the RJD will never be able to return to power in the state. Speaking to local media on Saturday, Kushwaha said that the people have given the mandate to Nitish Kumar to run the government.

    “In such a situation, where the people’s mandate has been given to Nitish Kumar to lead the NDA government, RJD shouldn’t daydream of returning to power,” he said.

    Kushwaha, who recently had met CM Nitish Kumar after his party failed to win even a single seat in the Bihar assembly, further made a prediction that the RJD, even in future, wouldn’t be able to come into power in the state.

    “The RJD leaders should take it from that their party wouldn’t be able to return to power, even in future,” he added vehemently.

    Upon being asked, Kushwaha said that it wouldn’t be prudent politically to predict the fall of a government that has been formed a month ago. “But I think, RJD shouldn’t be daydreaming of coming into power now in Bihar,” he asserted.

    When asked about the defection of six JDU MLAs to BJP in Arunachal Pradesh, Kushwaha very shrewdly refrained from making any comment on it. He only said that it was a matter between JDU and BJP, beyond the concern of RLSP.

    He also said that though his party couldn’t win a single seat in the assembly election, there is no doubt that the RLSP has expanded its political base in the state.

    When he was categorically asked about the speculation of his return to NDA after he met Nitish Kumar, Kushwaha denied it far from the fact.