Case against Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav, 18 others for protesting in support of farmers’ demands.
Patna (Bihar):
Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav attacked Nitish Kumar’s government, challenging him to arrest him for protesting in support of farmers’ demands to repeal the center’s three controversial laws.
A case has been brought against Mr. Yadav, the leader of the opposition, and 18 other leaders of various constituencies of the Opposition led by the Grand Alliance in Bihar for protesting without permission amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In reaction to the accusations, Bihar’s opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav called his ally-turned-enemy, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a “coward.”
“The government of Bihar, headed by a cowardly prime minister, has filed a FIR against us for raising the voice of the farmers. If you have any real power, arrest us. If you don’t have it, I will surrender. Ready to be hanged by the farmers. “the opposition leader in Bihar tweeted.
His party also criticized the National Democratic Alliance government for using “false pretenses” to hire Yadav for showing solidarity with farmers who have been camping along Delhi’s borders in bitter cold for 10 days.
“The Bihar government has shown its two-sided character by using shallow and false pretenses to hire Tejashwi Yadav for being with the farmers and protesting in their support. For the farmers, we are not afraid of even a thousand such FIRs,” proclaimed the party. .
Earlier on Saturday, the RJD also tweeted an image of a meeting held at the BJP office, where social distancing rules were not observed.
Noting that the meeting was attended by Health Minister Mangal Pandey, among others, the party criticized the ruling coalition partner for not allowing opposition leaders to protest but for failing to comply with Covid security standards.
नेता प्रतिपक्ष @yadavtejashwi जी किसानों के हक़ के लिए लड़ते है तो BJP-JDU की निक्कमी सरकार कोरोना का बहाना बनाकर धरना-प्रदर्शन की अनुमति नहीं देती। इसमें देखिए BJP प्रदेश अध्यक्ष और स्वास्थ्य मंत्री मंगल पांडे बेशर्मी से खुद सोशल शारीरिक दूरी के नियमों की धज्जियाँ उड़ा रहे है। https://t.co/62XnfecDlO
– Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) December 5, 2020
On Saturday, despite not obtaining permission, the opposition parties held a demonstration at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, where they vowed to protect “at any cost the interests of farmers across the country.”
Led by Mr. Yadav, they also supported the national strike called by farmers’ organizations on December 8.
The case that was brought against him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Epidemic Diseases Act also includes 500 unidentified persons.
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