Patna: As Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time at Governor’s House on Thursday, former deputy CM of the state, Tejashwi Yadav has come out in open blasting the former. Tejashwi was at the core of weeks-long tussle between the RJD and JD-U which ultimately saw Kumar dumping the grand alliance.
Speaking to India Today, Tejashwi said that he is ready to explain corruption charges levelled against him. He also described Nitish’s resignation and his subsequent decision to join hands with the BJP again as a well-written drama scripted in Delhi by BJP chief Amit Shah and Narendra Modi.
“It is obvious that all the drama was scripted. We trusted Nitish Kumar but he used us as bait to gain power,” Tejashwi was quoted as saying by the report.
“I am ready to explain allegations against me. Charges against me might be serious but Nitish Kumar is also named in a murder case,” he said.
Tejashwi also claimed that his RJD has the numbers to prove majority in Bihar Assembly and would do so when given an opportunity.
Earlier, in a series of tweets, Tejashwi described Nitish as an opportunist and said he was targeted by the Opposition after they failed to find fault with his leadership.
“I entered in govt with a clean slate with a keen desire of writing a positive story for people of Bihar, only to find an opportunist rival!” he said.
“Vicious greed for power of opportunism will spell it’s own doom. People are not fools that they digest their penchant for wicked power grab. Whenever there is change in a system, however unjust, those at vantage point were bound to get irked. Repercussions were expected & imminent,” Tejashwi added.
“I delivered manifolds than wat was expected of me. My performance perturbed our ally & BJP. Vendetta against me exposes their viciousness. Past baggage, though unjustified, didn’t perturb me when I was entrusted to carry the expectations of people’s mandate, in the role of DyCM!” the former Bihar deputy CM went on to add.
