"INDIA offered PM's post to Nitish Kumar on result day": JDU spokesperson KC Tyagi

New Delhi [India], June 8 : KC Tyagi, Janata Dal-United (JDU) spokesperson on Saturday came down heavily on the INDIA alliance and claimed that Nitish Kumar was offered the post of Prime Minister as soon as the results of the 18th Lok Sabha elections were declared on June 4.
While addressing a press conference, KC Tyagi said, "It shows the political bankruptcy of the leaders of INDIA bloc who were not ready to make Nitish Kumar the convener of the alliance, they offered him the PM post. I am happy that JDU leadership rejected them and Nitish Kumar endorsed the name of Narendra Modi as the new PM and all these rumours spread by them have come to an end."
Tyagi also claimed that he has a record of the leaders and all the conversations. "The names of the leaders and the conversation are there in the phone. If any leader wants to know the name or wants to deny it, we have all the evidence."
Claiming that the proposal came on the result day, Tyagi said, "I will not take any names but the proposal came from Congress' highest officers and the allies also. As soon as the results were declared, the prominent leaders of the INDIA alliance, including Congress, tried to adopt Nitish Kumar and JDU."
Replying to a question about Rahul Gandhi's name being decided for the leader of the INDIA bloc, he said, "This was decided from the very first day... Their plan from the beginning was to keep aside all the other partners, capture the INDIA alliance, and project the name of Congress leader for the post of Prime Minister."
Earlier today, the CWC passed the resolution that party MP Rahul Gandhi should be appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, sources said on Saturday. The CWC resolution praised Rahul Gandhi for his efforts in the election campaign. The meeting was attended by Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Manish Tiwari, DK Shivakumar, and Revanth Reddy, among others.
The JDU spokesperson added further, "Nitish Kumar is the founder of the INDIA alliance. When the Congress party was politically untouchable, the leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party, Samajwadi Party, BRS and TMC were not ready to sit with the Congress party leaders, it was Nitish Kumar who ended it by holding a meeting in Patna..."
Claiming that the leadership of Congress wanted to capture INDIA alliance and stepping up his attacks on Arvind kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee, Tyagi said, "All the regional allies were in favour of making Nitish Kumar the convenor, but as part of a conspiracy, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee recommended the name of Mallikarjun Kharge for the post of Prime Minister, while it was decided that there would be no PM face."
Speaking on the reason behind the breakup with the INDIA alliance, Tyagi said, "A seniormost Congress leader questioned Nitish Kumar's becoming the convenor, and such an insult was not acceptable to us. We understood their intention and JD(U) broke its ties with the INDIA alliance and joined the NDA. And today, we are very comfortable with our decision."