Tejashwi Yadav, a leader from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), got upset during a press conference when asked about working with Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar again. He asked, “Why would we team up? Why are you trying to change the subject?”
When reporters mentioned rumors that Nitish Kumar was worried about his partner, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), wanting to change the leadership after the Bihar assembly elections, Yadav replied strongly. He said, “No one has made us any offers. Only RJD president Lalu Prasad and I can decide on alliances. Please don’t joke about this.”
Yadav also mentioned that Nitish Kumar seems to be “out of control,” pointing to the way he speaks in public. He reminded everyone that there have been times when the Chief Minister tried to touch Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s feet publicly, saying, “Is this how a chief minister should act? Soon, he might even be bowing to his own deputies.”
Let’s look at Nitish Kumar’s past. He broke away from the BJP in 2013, before the BJP named Modi as its leading candidate for Prime Minister. Then, he partnered with Lalu Prasad and won the Bihar assembly elections in 2015. But he quit in 2017 after arguing with the RJD due to corruption allegations against Tejashwi Yadav. Later, he joined back with the BJP and became Chief Minister again. They worked together in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2020 Bihar assembly elections. However, in 2022, he left the NDA (the BJP’s alliance) to partner with RJD again, and then switched back to the NDA early in 2024.
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