Rashtriya Janata Celebration (RJD) chief and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday weighed in on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s remarks concerning the Lalu Prasad household, saying he takes the feedback as a blessing and respects every thing the Janata Dal (United) chief says.
On Saturday, in a veiled dig at former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad, Nitish had stated, “Ab paida to bahut kar diya. Itna zyaada paida karna chahiye kisi ko, baal baccha (They’ve produced a whole lot of youngsters. Ought to anybody have these many youngsters)?” He made the remarks whereas concentrating on Lalu Prasad over dynasty politics.
The RJD chief has 9 youngsters, and two of his daughters – Misa Bharti and Rohini Acharya – are within the fray within the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Aside from Tejashwi, Lalu’s second son, Tej Pratap, has additionally earlier held a place within the state authorities, as minister for setting, forest and local weather change.
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Addressing Nitish’s feedback on Sunday, Tejashwi stated, “I stated this yesterday as effectively, we now have all respect for Nitish Kumar. No matter he says for our household, we see it as a blessing however these are private issues and received’t be benefitting the folks.
“The Lok Sabha election is happening and there’s no profit to the folks of Bihar and the nation by speaking about all these items. This can be a private matter.”
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This, Tejashwi added, wasn’t the Bihar CM’s first time making such feedback.
“Now, the scenario is that 4-5 folks have hijacked Nitish Kumar… When the time comes, I’ll write a ebook, I’ll clarify all these items. It’s not the primary time that he has stated this, he stated this within the 2020 elections as effectively,” he stated, as quoted by ANI.
Tejashwi stated he needs that Nitish Kumar lives fortunately.
“I can solely pray that his well being stays good and he lives fortunately… It’s not in our tradition that we are saying one thing to somebody who’s a father determine to us.”
Tejashwi made the feedback at a press convention held after former Lok Janshakti Celebration (Ramvilas) chief and Katihar MP Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser joined the RJD on Sunday.
Tejashwi Yadav has emerged as the principle challenger to Nitish Kumar, who has been in energy in Bihar for nearly 19 years, within the state.
Within the 2020 meeting election, Tejashwi led the RJD to emerge because the single-biggest social gathering. An NDA authorities – BJP-JD(U) alliance – subsequently took workplace, however Nitish briefly returned to the RJD-Congress camp in 2022 earlier than going again to the BJP earlier this yr.