RJD seeks to fish in troubled NDA waters in Bihar, claims 17 JDU MLAs ‘prepared to cross over’

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Defection of JD(U) MLAs to the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh and the resultant chilly vibes between the companions within the ruling coalition in Bihar, appear to have kindled contemporary hopes within the RJD which has ended up heading the opposition right here regardless of being the one largest celebration. Shyam Rajak, a former nationwide normal secretary of the JD(U) who joined RJD shortly earlier than the latest meeting elections, on Wednesday sought to fish within the troubled waters with the declare that 17 MLAs of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s celebration had been prepared to cross over.

“They are all feeling stifled in the current dispensation where the CM appears to have capitulated before a domineering BJP. They are willing to switch sides as soon as possible,” Rajak, who was the JD(U)’s deputy chief within the earlier meeting, stated right here.

He claimed en masse defection of the JD(U) MLAs has been placed on maintain because the RJD hoped that extra want to comply with go well with quickly which might “raise the number sufficiently enough to cause a split, tenable under the anti-defection law” within the celebration which has 43 MLAs.

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Rajak’s declare is the newest in a collection of averments by RJD leaders, following the defection of six of the seven JD(U) MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh to the BJP.

At the JD(U) nationwide govt assembly right here on Sunday, the celebration adopted a decision condemning the “violation of the spirit of coalition politics” within the north-eastern state. KC Tyagi, the celebration’s outspoken nationwide normal secretary and spokesman, asserted that occasions in Arunachal won’t solid a shadow in Bihar however admitted that the JD(U) had felt “aahat” (harm).

BJP leaders right here have insisted that the celebration “did not poach” the JD(U) MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh the place legislators just lately switched sides of their very own accord.

However, RJD nationwide vice-president Shivanand Tiwary has maintained {that a} frequent hyperlink ran by the Arunachal Pradesh defections and the riot by Chirag Paswan’s LJP in Bihar.

“The LJP could not have done what it did in the assembly polls without the BJP’s tacit approval. And the JD(U) bore the brunt, finishing with a tally that is less than that of the BJP,” Tiwary, who was previously with the JD(U), stated.

‘BJP attempting to settle outdated scores’

The veteran socialist has been of the view that the BJP was attempting to “settle old scores” with Nitish Kumar who had snapped ties with it in 2013 disapproving of the ascendance of Narendra Modi  “a man who does not forget and forgive”.

Tiwary had stated that if the chief minister selected to tug out of the NDA, there might be a realignment between the RJD and the JD(U), “but the ball is in his court, he has to decide what matters to him his dignity or the trappings of power”.

Recently, Uday Narayan Chaudhary, one other former confidant of Nitish Kumar who has been with the RJD for the previous few years, determined to up the ante.

“Nitish Kumar should give up the chief minister’s chair and pull out of the NDA. He should help Tejashwi Yadav form the new government and the RJD would return the favour by backing him as prime ministerial candidate in 2024,” Chaudhary, a former state meeting speaker, had stated.

RJD spokesman Mrityunjay Tiwari was fast to claim “as the party’s authorised spokesman I can say this is a personal opinion. Whom to support as a prime ministerial candidate is a decision only the national leadership can take”. He, nonetheless, stated he agreed with Chaudhary’s competition that Kumar ought to assist Yadav grow to be the chief minister.

“The NDA is unstable and our leader is bound to form a government in the not so distant future. It will only be appropriate for Nitish Kumar to be on the right side of history,” stated the RJD spokesman. 

NDA slams RJD

Meanwhile, the NDA in Bihar has expressed bemusement on the buoyancy within the RJD camp and accused the opposition celebration of being “desperate for power”.

“They are doling out offers of prime ministership despite having themselves been rejected by the people. They should give up their antics and consult a good astrologer instead,” stated JD(U) MLC and spokesman Neeraj Kumar.

BJP spokesman Nikhil Anand stated a lot of the noise within the RJD camp is emanating from leaders who’re feeling short-changed by the celebration management which cares little for these not belonging to the household of its jailed supremo Lalu Prasad.

“Their bizarre offer of supporting prime ministerial candidature (of Nitish Kumar) also begs the question  what to make out of their professed loyalty towards the Congress?” he requested.

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