‘Don’t need a statue in Rashtrapati Bhavan’: Tejashwi on not supporting Murmu

By PTI

PATNA: A day forward of the presidential polls, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday discovered himself below assault from the BJP for making disparaging remarks about NDA’s candidate Draupadi Murmu.

The chief of the opposition in Bihar meeting was requested about his determination to assist Yashwant Sinha, a former Union minister, and never Murmu who’s tipped to develop into the primary tribal lady to occupy the highest publish.

“We do not want to install a statue inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Has anyone of you ever heard her (Murmu’s) voice? She has not even addressed a press conference since her name was announced. At least we have all heard from Yashwant Sinha and have an idea of what he stands for,” the previous Bihar deputy CM stated.

In a stinging response, the BJP’s state president Sanjay Jaiswal made a snide comment about Yadav’s mom Rabri Devi, a former chief minister.

“Tejashwi Yadav has seen in his own family how an uneducated housewife was placed on the highest seat of power, ignoring many seasoned leaders in the party,” stated Jaiswal, referring to Rabri Devi’s sudden entry into politics within the late Nineties when she changed husband Lalu Prasad who needed to step down as chief minister after being charge-sheeted within the fodder rip-off.

Jaiswal stated Murmu was “a self-made woman” who rose from the ranks in politics and proved herself as a member of the Odisha meeting, which had as soon as conferred upon her the award for one of the best MLA.

“As the governor of Jharkhand, her tenure was exemplary and non-controversial. So much so that the state’s Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, which is not a part of the NDA, is also supporting her. But perhaps Tejashwi Yadav cannot respect a self-made woman,” stated Jaiswal.

He additionally accused Yadav of getting introduced ridicule upon Bihar by his utterances in opposition to Murmu and demanded an apology.

“Maybe he will be forgiven. He keeps saying things which make no sense, as he did recently during the prime minister’s visit,” he quipped, referring to Yadav’s speech at a centenary perform of the meeting final week throughout which he had fumbled badly.

PATNA: A day forward of the presidential polls, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday discovered himself below assault from the BJP for making disparaging remarks about NDA’s candidate Draupadi Murmu.

The chief of the opposition in Bihar meeting was requested about his determination to assist Yashwant Sinha, a former Union minister, and never Murmu who’s tipped to develop into the primary tribal lady to occupy the highest publish.

“We do not want to install a statue inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Has anyone of you ever heard her (Murmu’s) voice? She has not even addressed a press conference since her name was announced. At least we have all heard from Yashwant Sinha and have an idea of what he stands for,” the previous Bihar deputy CM stated.

In a stinging response, the BJP’s state president Sanjay Jaiswal made a snide comment about Yadav’s mom Rabri Devi, a former chief minister.

“Tejashwi Yadav has seen in his own family how an uneducated housewife was placed on the highest seat of power, ignoring many seasoned leaders in the party,” stated Jaiswal, referring to Rabri Devi’s sudden entry into politics within the late Nineties when she changed husband Lalu Prasad who needed to step down as chief minister after being charge-sheeted within the fodder rip-off.

Jaiswal stated Murmu was “a self-made woman” who rose from the ranks in politics and proved herself as a member of the Odisha meeting, which had as soon as conferred upon her the award for one of the best MLA.

“As the governor of Jharkhand, her tenure was exemplary and non-controversial. So much so that the state’s Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, which is not a part of the NDA, is also supporting her. But perhaps Tejashwi Yadav cannot respect a self-made woman,” stated Jaiswal.

He additionally accused Yadav of getting introduced ridicule upon Bihar by his utterances in opposition to Murmu and demanded an apology.

“Maybe he will be forgiven. He keeps saying things which make no sense, as he did recently during the prime minister’s visit,” he quipped, referring to Yadav’s speech at a centenary perform of the meeting final week throughout which he had fumbled badly.