Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. File
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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on March 3 challenged the Opposition BJP to method the Centre over alleged attacks on migrant staff in Tamil Nadu in the event that they weren’t glad with responses of governments of the 2 States.
The younger RJD chief, who had drawn flak from the Opposition celebration for attending a operate at Chennai earlier this week to mark the birthday of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Okay. Stalin, additionally alleged that the BJP swore by nationalism however tried to drive a wedge between totally different States for political positive factors.
“You keep chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Is Tamil Nadu not a part of Bharat Mata?” requested Mr. Yadav whereas making a press release on the problem on the ground of the State Assembly.
Referring to a video clip that Leader of the Opposition Vijay Kumar Sinha confirmed on his cell phone, Mr. Yadav requested “how did you come to know it is of Bihari workers under attack from local Tamils? The only way we can ascertain it is by checking the matter with the authorities there.
“Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday took note of reports and asked the officials in Patna to get in touch with their counterparts in Tamil Nadu. The DGP of that State has also come out with a video statement in English. I have got it translated in Hindi”, mentioned the Deputy CM.
The Tamil Nadu DGP asserted that the 2 movies had been fairly previous and of skirmishes that happened in two totally different districts, Mr. Yadav mentioned.
“In one of the videos, it is migrant workers from Bihar and Jharkhand who can be seen fighting among themselves. In the other, a brawl among local Tamils can be seen”, the RJD chief mentioned.
Pointing in the direction of the Opposition members, he added “but these people are obviously not interested in facts. It is their wont to spread rumours. Only a few days ago they disrupted House proceedings over the arrest of the father of an army jawan, who was killed in action.
“It now turns out that the father has been arrested in connection with a case lodged by a neighbour”, the Deputy Chief Minister mentioned. The two have been concerned in a dispute that dates again to the interval when the Army jawan was nonetheless alive,” he mentioned.
“I would like to tell my friends in the Opposition that if you do not trust what we have to say in the matter relating to Tamil Nadu, please go and request the Union Home Minister, who belongs to their party, to constitute an empowered team to investigate the matter. After all, the Ministry has a Minister of State who belongs to Bihar”, the RJD chief added.
He additionally taunted Mr. Sinha, who had demanded {that a} particular workforce of the House be constituted and despatched to Tamil Nadu, saying “you do not seem to be carrying much weight in your own party. A press conference was called on the issue yesterday which was addressed by your counterpart in the legislative council and your party’s State president but nobody bothered to invite you”.
The Deputy Chief Minister additionally deplored the conduct of BJP MLAs, who had stormed the properly and positioned chairs on the desk the place reporting employees sits earlier than he rose to spoke, and staged a walkout minutes after he completed.
The combative RJD chief additionally gave a stinging reply when a few of the BJP MLAs shouted that he had gone to Chennai by a chartered airplane. “At least, I did not use a plane owned by Adani”, he quipped.
