If Nitish Kumar is guilty, then he belongs to jail, Chirag Paswan said today (Archive)
Patna:
Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar, who fought on multiple fronts in the final stretch of the Bihar elections, received another example of his complicated relationship with his ally when a prominent BJP leader praised his rival Chirag Paswan.
Tejasvi Surya, the Karnataka BJP MP who is in Bihar to campaign for the election, warmly praised Party leader Lok Janshakti today as an “energetic” leader and a “special friend”.
“Chirag Paswan is a very energetic leader. In parliament, he raises Bihar issues with statistics. He is a well-known youth leader, a special friend and I wish him the best,” said 29-year-old Surya.
He added that Paswan, 37, had made his position clear.
When asked by journalists if this meant there was any truth to Paswan’s frequent remarks about forming a government with the BJP (and less Nitish Kumar) after the Bihar verdict of November 10, Surya said: “That is something for after the elections. “
This was followed by the usual claims that Nitish Kumar was the leader of the NDA and would be the Prime Minister after an NDA victory, but for those who want to read the signs, the damage was already done.
“Our main leader is Nitish Kumar. He will be the Chief Minister of Bihar. The BJP and the NDA coalition will win a two-thirds majority and a Nitish Kumar government will be formed,” said the deputy from South Bengaluru in Arrah.
Chirag Paswan, who is contesting the polls separately from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) just to fight Nitish Kumar, has rarely let a day go by without attacking the Chief Minister. His latest threat is to investigate Nitish Kumar for corruption and he said this morning: “If Nitish Kumar is guilty, then he belongs in jail.”
While BJP leaders in Bihar such as Sushil Kumar Modi and Bhupendra Yadav have denounced Chirag Paswan, saying he is no longer part of the NDA in the state, the central leadership of the ruling party has refused to let him go free and has been ambiguous. in a way that has been very upsetting for Nitish Kumar.
This has kept speculation alive that the BJP is keeping Chirag Paswan on its Plan B to keep Nitish Kumar in check, especially as the Chief Minister is facing a lot of public anger in his campaign this time around.
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