Bihar 2020 Assembly Election: Nitish Kumar had faced a lot of public anger during his campaign.
Patna:
Nitish Kumar, who will become Bihar’s prime minister for the seventh time but with diminished status in the ruling alliance after finishing at No. 3, rejected the label of “arrogant” in a media interaction.
He also denied that his months of silence during the coronavirus lockdown contributed to public disenchantment against him and his Janata Dal United (JDU).
“Please don’t call me arrogant,” Nitish Kumar said, hands clasped, responding to the repeated accusation.
In elections that ended on Tuesday, the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a majority in the 243-member assembly, boosted by the 74-seat BJP. The Chief Minister’s JDU saw its tally drop to 43 from 71 in previous elections.
The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) emerged as the largest party, prompting its leader Tejashwi Yadav to challenge Nitish Kumar yesterday to “listen to his conscience and resign.”
Even Nitish Kumar was doubtful when, when asked about his position as Chief Minister, he said: “The NDA will decide.”
Nitish Kumar had faced a lot of public anger during his campaign and had even faced an onion attack at a rally.
When asked about his lockdown silence, when his government was criticized for its handling of the migrant crisis, Nitish Kumar said: “How can you not know what efforts we have made since the lockdown began? We have worked so hard in Bihar. spreading falsehoods, what can we do? “
He also defended the irregular enforcement of his ban on alcoholic beverages, noting that there would always be “10 percent of people” who broke the rules. “Many nations try to fight crime, but it never reaches zero level. See how much we were able to control crime in Bihar,” Kumar said.
“We passed on every step we took during the crown crisis. But some people kept criticizing. If that gave people the wrong idea, how can we stop it?”
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