Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

The battle between RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bihar Chief Minister is turning bitter day by day. Both the leaders are now digging old graves to prove the other wrong and selfish.

Lalu Prasad Yadav and RJD is almost all washed out from politics, counting its last breaths the party is trying all possible ways to somehow get back the hold in the state. Lalu has been accusing and counter attacking Nitish Kumar for being selfish and ditching the grand alliance to join hands with foes disguised as friends.

Lalu said that Nitish was never a known face during the time of his student politics, it was the efforts and help of Lalu that Nitish gained the power he so much boasts about now. He termed Nitish as ‘Rajniti ka Patlu Ram’ and accused him of using Lalu for his benefits and ambition to come to power.

Lalu recalled his old days saying that he was elected as general secretary in 1970-71session of the Patna University and it was because of his efforts that direct elections began on the University campus. He was the only candidate who got permission to seek votes from students on the campus of Patna Women’s College and Magadh Mahila College. He further added that “I was selected as convenor of the Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti by JP (Jaiprakash Narayan).” All these recollection was done in an attempt to subdue the remarks made by Nitish earlier that he has helped Lalu during the days of Patna University Student politics.

Lalu further confessed that he had lost faith in Nitish long back and was never in favor of putting into a position of holding power. He said that it was only upon the request and recommendation of Mulayam Singh Yadav that he had accepted Nitish. Lalu was also unhappy with Nitish’s claim regarding the transfer of JDU votes to RJD in the last assembly polls. Commenting on this Lalu said that Nitish himself lost the polls twice from Harnaut, instead, he had extended all help to Nitish to win Lok Sabha polls from Barh seat in 1989.

On the exit of Nitish Kumar from the grand alliance, Lalu had mockingly remarked “Ab To JDU Raha Nahi. ………Jai Siya Ram Karte Raho (Now, JD U has no existence. Keep on chanting Jai Siya Ram.”