JDU flays cong for not strengthening I.N.D.I.A
Patna, Jan 24:
Hours after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Janata Dal United (JDU) on Tuesday alleged that Congress had utterly failed in taking lead to strengthen the opposition alliance I.ND.I.A. bloc, despite Kumar trying his best to lay strong foundation stone for the purpose.
K.C. Tyagi, national spokesman of JD(U) and political advisor of Chief Minister Kumar, told media persons here that Congress had definitely failed in taking lead and giving required strength to INDIA bloc.
Kumar after deserting BJP in August 2022, had met top leaders of all opposition parties, in his bid to float a strong Opposition alliance and made it clear that no such alliance would be feasible without Congress, he pointed out.
“After five to six months, a meeting of opposition leaders were organised in Patna on June 23 last year and after that next meetings were organised in Bangalore and Mumbai,” Tyagi said adding that no activity was visible of opposition alliance for four month after its last meeting in Mumbai.
It was decided with consent of all top Opposition leaders, that its PM candidate would be decided after Lok Sabha elections, he stated.
It was strange that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suddenly proposed in New Delhi meeting of opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc that Congress president Malikarjun Kharge should be projected as its PM face for Lok Sabha elections, he lamented but refrained from making any comment against Banerjee saying she was a senior leader.
JDU leader said Chief Minister Kumar was among top three leaders of the country and it was natural to draw political meaning if he met anyone but quipped that uncertainty over fate of INDIA bloc was hovering only in Bihar.
No uncertainty was visible anywhere in the country over fate of INDIA, he pointed out and added that concern of Chief Minister Kumar for finalising all issues in alliance soon was not aimed at weakening it but to strengthen it.
As it is, Chief Minister alongwith his senior cabinet colleague Vijay Kumar Chaudhary called on Governor Arlekar which again triggered speculations over political realignment in Bihar. A deadlock over seat sharing among its constituents has cropped up in INDIA block with each partner claiming for more and more seats to contest.
