
JD(U) leaders blame Ashok Choudhary for provoking Tejashwi Yadav
The Hindu
Days after creating controversy over the Bhumihar issue, Bihar Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Ashok Choudhary is once again under scanner within his party.
Days after creating controversy over the Bhumihar issue, Bihar Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Ashok Choudhary is once again under scanner within his party.
Earlier this week, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav had claimed that he had a video in which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was pleading before RJD to form the government after he parted ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mr. Choudhary then dared Mr. Yadav to release that video or else stop telling lies. Following his challenge, the RJD last on Friday released the video of Mr. Kumar in which he is allegedly seen pleading before Rabri Devi, the former Chief Minister of Bihar at 10, Circular Road residence.
Now, talk has started within JD(U) that what was the need to challenge Tejashwi Yadav when CM himself is saying in public domain that he committed a mistake twice by going with the RJD.
It all started when Mr. Kumar and Mr. Yadav along with Cabinet Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary had a closed-door meeting at CM secretariat to discuss the names of the Information Commissioner last week. After the meeting, the talks of Mr. Kumar making another turnaround started. However, after few days Mr. Kumar himself reiterated that he committed a mistake twice by going with the RJD.
Bihar CM had issued the statement in front of BJP national president J.P. Nadda when he was in Patna to inaugurate several projects in the health sector.
Mr. Yadav and his father, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad had issued the statement that there was no chance of taking Mr. Kumar back in the fold of Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance bloc. Reacting to the speculation, Mr. Yadav had said that every time Bihar CM pleads only to then return back to BJP. He even went on to say that he has the video as well.