PATNA: RJD MLA Bhai Virendra on Sunday known as upon all opposition MPs to resign in protest towards the disqualification of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and urged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to “lead the nation” within the combat towards “threat to democracy”. The MLA, who can also be his social gathering’s chief spokesperson, made the comment at a operate, the place Kumar was additionally current, to mark the start anniversary of veteran chief and former Union minister Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav.
“The honourable chief minister has set an example for opposition unity,” mentioned the RJD legislator in an apparent reference to the JD(U) chief’s exit from the BJP-led NDA final yr.
“In my view, what has happened to Rahul Gandhi is not the end. It could just be the beginning. My leader (Deputy CM) Tejashwi Yadav is already facing persecution. I may be the next in line. It is high time, therefore, that the entire opposition plunged into the fight against the threat to democracy,” he mentioned.
“All opposition MPs could make a beginning by resigning (their membership of Parliament). And thereafter, may our chief minister lead the nation in the fight,” added Virendra.
The RJD MLA, who represents Maner within the meeting, reiterated his views when journalists approached him with queries after the operate was over.
Incidentally, the RJD has no MP within the Lok Sabha, having drawn a clean within the 2019 basic elections although it has fairly a number of members, together with social gathering supremo Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharati, within the Rajya Sabha.
However, in his tackle to the operate, the seasoned Kumar deftly skirted the problem whilst he took a jibe at BJP MP from Pataliputra Ram Kripal Yadav, who was among the many attendees.
“I share an old relationship with Ram Kripal Yadav. How much respect he used to enjoy when he was with the RJD. Now, in the BJP look at him, with this strange thing on his head,” mentioned Kumar, referring to a hat Yadav wore over his tonsured head.
Yadav had served as a Union minister within the first Narendra Modi administration however has since been cooling his heels regardless of retaining his seat, for the BJP, defeating Misa Bharti for the second consecutive time period.
When journalists sought his response on the wily JD(U) chief’s obvious bid to fish in troubled waters, Yadav, responded testily.
“He is pointing out to my past. What is his past? Was he not in the Janata Dal which he broke away from to join hands with the BJP? Is it not suspected that he may again do a volte face?” mentioned a visibly shaken Yadav, who additionally alleged that Kumar made a below-the-belt comment “because I highlighted the plight of education in the state in my speech”.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification continued to stir the uneven political waters of Bihar the place the Congress is a part of the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’, although seen as a spent drive.
Congress staff staged a seven-hour-long demonstration on the historic Gandhi Maidan. They alleged their chief had paid the value for elevating the allegations of company fraud towards the Adani Group and burdened on the necessity for a ‘Satyagraha’ towards the federal government’s alleged high-handedness.
