"He'll be rejected by people of Bihar": Nityanand Rai reacts to posters of Nitish Kumar ahead of INDIA meet
Dec 19, 2023
New Delhi [India], December 19 : Launching a scathing attack over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's posters put up in Patna ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting, Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said that its useless to talk about the country as Kumar will even be rejected by the people of Bihar.
Hitting out at the Bihar government, Rai said that the situation of law and order and development in the state has gone for a toss.
"They cannot even handle the situation in Bihar, the situation of law and order and development in the state has gone for a toss. Whatever development is happening in the state is because of the policies of the Narendra Modi government. Nitish Kumar will even be rejected by the people of Bihar, so its useless to talk about the country," Rai told ANI.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Chirag Paswan also reacted to the posters of CM Kumar and said that the latter has nothing to do with the alliance, he only loves power.
"First, you were reluctant to come to the meeting and then when you were ready to come to the meeting, such posters are put up by your own party. The Chief Minister (Nitish Kumar) only loves power. He has nothing to do with the alliance," Chirag told ANI.
Meanwhile, in an intriguing development ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting, posters featuring Bihar CM Nitish Kumar were put up in Patna, demanding that he be made the alliance's Prime Ministerial face.
The posters in support of CM Nitish Kumar read, "Agar sach mein jeet chahiye toh fir ek Nischay aur ek Nitish chahiye (If victory is the objective, then we need resolve and Nitish)."
The bloc will come together for its fourth meeting on Tuesday. Seat-sharing for next year's Lok Sabha elections is likely to figure prominently in the discussions at the huddle, according to sources.
Ahead of the meeting of the Opposition alliance, Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Tuesday, said crucial aspects such as seat-sharing and other issues are likely to figure in the discussions at the huddle.
"At the meeting today, important aspects such as seat sharing and others are likely to be discussed. The AAP and Arvind Kejriwal will make every possible effort to make the (Opposition) alliance a success," Atishi told ANI on Tuesday.
Seat sharing for the Lok Sabha polls, which are just four months away, is likely to be at the top of the agenda for the next INDIA bloc meeting and will be crucial for the Congress, especially after its poll drubbing in the heartland states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
The inaugural meeting of the combined Opposition was convened in Patna on June 23, at the initiative of Nitish, while the second was hosted in Bengaluru on July 17-18.
The third meeting of the Opposition alliance was organised in Mumbai over two days -- on August 31 and September 1.
The alliance, led by the Congress, took shape with the primary objective of mounting a combined challenge to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in next year's general elections.
At the Mumbai meeting, the partners in the Opposition bloc adopted resolutions to collectively contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections while announcing that seat-sharing arrangements would be finalised as soon as possible through a 'spirit of give-and-take'.
