Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to welcome Nitish Kumar’s resignation on July 27 this year when the Bihar Chief Minister declared that his conscience would not allow him to function after his deputy, Tejashwi Yadav, was named by the CBI in a land transfer case when his father Lalu Prasad was the Railway Minister.
Junior Yadav’s protestation that he was a minor at the time did not cut much ice with Nitish Kumar. The PM welcomed the move as part of the bigger fight against corruption. Kumar was of course back as CM in less than 24 hours in alliance with the BJP.
A year down the line, the Yadav duo seem to be having the last laugh. With a number of ‘scams’ surfacing in the state, the RJD leaders have sharpened their attack on the Chief Minister.
Both tweeted after the latest embarkment scam, “There is currently a huge sale on scams in Nitish’s Bihar.” While Lalu asked Nitish, “have you ever caught a big fish in any of the scams”, Tejashwi tweeted “you (Nitish Kumar) were uncomfortable in the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) because your colleagues were working with honesty.” In another tweet, Tejashwi, the leader of the opposition in the Assembly said, “Nitish babu has no accountability for the thousands of crores in scams getting exposed every day in Bihar.”
Published: 23 Nov 2017, 7:57 AM IST
Published: 23 Nov 2017, 7:57 AM IST
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Published: 23 Nov 2017, 7:57 AM IST