Lok Janshakti Party Chairman Chirag Paswan made it clear on Thursday that his separation from Prime Minister Nitish Kumars JD (U) “has nothing to do” with the distribution of seats for the assembly elections in Bihar, to whose politics his party has always been “opposed”. a “. Paswan said his party had faced Lok Sabha polls last year in alliance with JD (U) over the” compulsions “brought about by the return to the NDA of Kumar, whose party he accused of working against the LJP candidates in general elections in violation of coalition dharma.
The 37-year-old, who recently lost his father Ram Vilas Paswan, the founder of LJP, also alleged that the prime minister of Bihar had behaved haughtily when the former Union minister had called the head of JD (U ) last year with the request to accompany him for the submission of nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha. “Nitish Kumar recently mockingly commented that my father could not have been elected to the Rajya Sabha without the support of the JD (U) s as we only had two MLAs. You must remember that the then BJP promised my father a position. in Rajya Sabha the chief Amit Shah himself, “Paswan told PTI-Bhasha in an interview.
“And I felt so belittled when Nitish acted haughtily when my father called him and asked him to join us in presenting the nomination papers. He came only after the mahurat (auspicious moment) decided for the occasion had passed. No His son could have received such treatment lying down, “alleged Paswan. The LJP chief also dismissed suggestions that he raised a flag of rebellion against the JD (U) after the latter tried to deny the junior partner of the alliance a fair share of seats and stated: “I met with the minister of the Union, Amit Shah and the head of the BJP, JP Nadda, so many times in recent times. Not once did the subject of sharing seats come up. “
“It should be noted that the LJP has never been a fan of Nitish Kumars’ style of politics. It has harmed the Dalits by creating a subgroup of Mahadalits for its own political achievements,” Paswan said. The LJP chief also criticized Bihar’s highly touted chief ministers saat nishchay (seven resolutions) and commented that the rest of the country was making great progress and here he was talking about running water and concrete roads to alleys.
“The Chief Minister never tires of proclaiming zero tolerance for corruption, crime and communalism. This contradicts the fact that corruption has affected the implementation of all government plans in the state. Horrible incidents such as the recent live burning of a woman after a rape took place in the Buxar district. “And communalism? What do you have to say about Nityanand Rai’s comments? It owes an answer. Unlike us, he is still part of the NDA in Bihar, “Paswan said.
Rai, the Minister of State for the Household Union and a senior BJP leader, has caused a storm by stating at one of his recent rallies that the RJD-led opposition victory in the elections could make Bihar a haven safe for terrorists based in Kashmir. . The claim has been criticized by opposition parties as an attempt to polarize voters against minorities.
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