Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad Tuesday asserted that BJP’s “wipeout” has been set in movement with the meeting election in Karnataka, the place his ally – the Congress has received a good-looking majority.
Prasad’s arch rival-turned-ally, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in the meantime, stated he’s trying ahead to holding a gathering of opposition leaders after the formation of a brand new authorities within the southern state.
“The wipeout of BJP has begun (BJP ka safaya shuru ho gaya)”, was Prasad’s curt reply to ready for journalists on the Patna airport earlier than leaving for Delhi. He pointed in the direction of the masks on his face that held him again from being his typical chatty self.
The ailing septuagenarian was mobbed by reporters and digital camera individuals on the airport. The RJD supremo, who underwent a kidney transplant in Singapore final yr, spent an uneventful month in his hometown earlier than heading again to the nationwide capital the place he had been convalescing after the operation.
According to his shut aides, his newest Delhi tour has been occasioned by a go to of a crew of medical doctors from Singapore whom he’ll seek the advice of. It shouldn’t be identified whether or not Prasad, who’s out on bail in fodder rip-off circumstances and suffers from quite a few illnesses, will probably be again in Patna quickly.
Kumar, who was requested about his tackle the Karnataka polls and his plans to take ahead the “opposition unity” drive on the sidelines of a programme right here stated, “I had congratulated the Congress for its stellar performance in Karnataka. We hope it will complete the formation of the government soon.”
Asked about plans to host a gathering of opposition leaders in Patna, as urged by his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, Kumar, who had hinted that the “opposition unity” will decide up after the Karnataka ballot stated, “We have spoken to most like-minded leaders. We had put issues on maintain in view of the elections (in Karnataka).
“Once they (Congress) are through with government formation we will decide the date (for the meet),” the JD(U) supremo stated. To questions on the a lot talked about Bihar tour of Dhirendra Shastri alias Bageshwar Baba who has reportedly stated at one among his congregations that ‘Bihar will pave manner for the formation of a Hindu Rashtra’, Kumar stated, “He (Shastri) was not even born, nor have been we, when the nation grew to become Independent and the Constitution took form, whereby equal rights are granted to adherents of all religions. We take pleasure that Bihar is house to shrines of many religions and attracts pilgrims from far and broad.
“It must also be kept in mind that nobody can bring about a change in the Constitution’s basic character. Such an exercise will require a two-thirds majority in both houses of Parliament,” Kumar stated in a veiled taunt to BJP, to which the godman is perceived to be shut, for not having the requisite numbers.
Asked to touch upon Union Minister Giriraj Singh accusing him of betraying “indifference towards the Sanatana Dharma” for refusing to offer help to Shastri for holding ‘Baba Ka Durbaar’ right here until Wednesday, Kumar shot again saying “Many folks (in BJP) preserve abusing me within the hope of getting some limelight and plaudits from their bosses.
“But governments cannot formulate policies in accordance with religious beliefs, which are a personal matter,” he added. Shastri is the top of Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, a spiritual pilgrimage website devoted to Lord Hanuman in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh and organises ‘divya durbars’.
