B.LINE:Lok Janshakti Social gathering (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan with a helicopter image throughout a press convention., in New Delhi on, 7.10.21 :Pic
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday (March 1, 2025) asserted that Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar will “return as Chief Minister of Bihar” upon the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) within the Meeting elections due later this 12 months.
Speaking to reporters right here, Mr. Paswan stated he would “welcome” the entry into politics of Mr. Kumar’s son Nishant and slammed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav for claiming {that a} conspiracy was being hatched to stop it.
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“I’d welcome it if Nishant chooses to enter politics. But it surely needs to be his private determination. So far as Tejashwi Yadav is anxious, he ought to realise that because the chief of opposition within the meeting, he ought to talk responsibly,” Mr. Paswan, who heads the Lok Janshakti Social gathering (Ram Vilas), stated.
“If Tejashwi Yadav is so positive of a conspiracy in opposition to the Chief Minister’s son, he ought to meet Nitish Kumar and share no matter data he’s aware of, as a substitute of creating rash feedback in public,” he added.
The Hajipur MP additionally prolonged birthday greetings to Mr. Kumar, who has turned 74, and stated, “The NDA is wanting ahead to combating and successful the polls beneath his management. After the elections, he’ll return because the Chief Minister.”
The averment from Mr. Paswan, a former bete noire of the JD(U) supremo, comes within the backdrop of speculations that the BJP, which is fed up with enjoying second fiddle to the JD(U), might pull the rug from beneath Mr. Kumar’s toes, who would possibly retaliate by dumping the NDA once more and lending his heft to the Opposition camp.
Mr. Paswan was additionally requested about Mr. Yadav likening the 20-year-old NDA rule in Bihar to a “rickety outdated automotive in want of substitute” and the RJD’s allegation that among the not too long ago inducted Ministers within the State had a prison previous.
He stated, “They need to do not forget that in the event that they level one finger at others, there can be three geared toward themselves. If they begin speaking in regards to the final 20 years, folks might be compelled to recall their 15 years’ rule in Bihar when the State had develop into infamous for lawlessness. And so they must not ever complain about prison data. Have they not been summoned not too long ago?”
The allusion was to the latest course issued to Mr. Yadav’s father and RJD president Lalu Prasad, moreover elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav and sister Hema by a Delhi courtroom which has requested them to seem in reference to the land for jobs rip-off.
Mr. Paswan additionally claimed that issues aren’t going to be easy between the RJD and its outdated ally Congress, which has till now been capitulating earlier than the regional get together.
“Hints have been thrown by the Congress’ not too long ago appointed in cost for Bihar,” he stated.
The Congress incharge for Bihar Krishna Allavaru has toured the State twice within the final couple of weeks and vowed to rebuild the organisation and eradicate factionalism.
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