PATNA: Following a scathing attack on his junior alliance partner Congress in Bihar, RJD president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday tried to hide his iron fist in a velvet glove, saying he still considers the oldest party to be the “national alternative”.
Prasad, who returned to his home constituency of Bihar three years later, said the country needed the Congress, and emphasized that no one has “helped” the national party as much as himself, having recently “smaller”. The leaders of the time” (Chutbhaiya) were accused of bad blood. Leader).
The ailing septuagenarian’s statement came after the Congress announced it would go it alone in Bihar in the next Lok Sabha elections after the RJD unilaterally decided to field its candidates in the Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats.
Prasad, who is suffering from multiple ailments, said he will visit both the constituencies on Wednesday, the last day of campaigning, where his son Tejashwi has done a “great job, I will just put the finishing touches”.
“After our victory in two seats, there will be a stampede in the ruling NDA. The BJP-led alliance grabbed power by manipulating the results of the assembly elections last year,” he alleged. Taking a jibe at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his arch rival, whose JD(U) wants to retain two seats, Prasad said, “The man once had ambitions of becoming prime minister. With his dwindling popularity, the BJP and Narendra Modi should think what to do with them.” The RJD supremo, who is known to share excellent personal equation with Sonia Gandhi, was also asked about the standoff with the Congress, which has led many to speculate that his son and successor Tejashwi is being swayed by former CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar. considered in. , who is almost the same age, lacks a support base of his own, but shows potential with his crowd-pleasing oratory. Kumar has recently joined Congress. “Nobody knows Congress as much as I know. No one has defended it as much as I did, helped me as much. It is a national party which is clearly an alternative to BJP…… Prasad of Bihar In a veiled reference to AICC in-charge Bhakta Charan Das, whose aggressive stance has dominated the RJD.
The RJD supremo had called Das a bhakchhonhar (stupid person) a few days ago, criticized for using Bihari slurs, Congress leaders like former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said Prasad was being criticized for using abusive language against SC/STs. can be booked under the Act. Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who was a staunch opponent of Prasad, in a tweet called on the Congress to “stop insulting Lalu” and challenged Sonia Gandhi to “announce the end of ties with RJD”. . Although the Congress is now contesting both the assembly seats, its anger mainly stems from the RJD throwing its hat in the reserved Kusheshwar Asthan constituency. Fighting in alliance with the RJD and the Left, the Congress had lost to the JD(U) in the assembly elections by a narrow margin and was expected to regain it.
The RJD’s argument was that among all the constituents of the Grand Alliance, the Congress stood for a dismal strike rate, contesting 20 of the 70 seats it contested. Although the RJD has never won the Kusheshwar Asthan since it was reserved for Scheduled Castes in 2008, it is a surprise as it has given ticket to a candidate belonging to the Musahar community, which has a large presence there, politically The form remains under-represented, and is known to be hostile towards the Yadavs, Lalu Prasad’s fellow caste and primary supporters.
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