‘BJP made Bharat Ratna a deal’: Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav slams BJP

He expressed sympathy towards the MLAs of the JDU, noting that they will be tasked with facing the public and explaining why Nitish Kumar was sworn in three times within a single term. “I feel bad for JDU MLAs because they will have to go among the public and answer. If someone asks you why Nitish Kumar took oath 3 times, what will you say? Earlier you used to criticise them (BJP) and now you are praising them, what will you say? We (RJD) will say that we have given jobs,” the RJD leader said.

Tejashwi Yadav took a dig at Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi for backing the JDU and NDA coalition, stating,”In the last session, when Jitan Ram Manjhi presented his views, the CM got angry and later Manjhi Ji said that someone gave you (Nitish Kumar) wrong medicine and that his mental condition was not good and should be treated. Now I have full trust that Manjhi Ji will give good medicine.”

Earlier, In January, Nitesh Kumar went into a dismal after not being titled Convenor of India. The opposition bloc, which he spearheaded, abandoned the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in Bihar and the national coalition, opting instead to establish a new government with the backing of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Nitish resigned as chief minister on the 28th of January, calming all frantic speculations around his future and that of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar. The JD(U) has 45 MLAs in the House of 243 while its partners, the BJP and the Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S), have 79 and 4 sitting legislators respectively. With the support of another Independent MLA, the NDA has 128 MLAs in the House against 115 of the Mahagathbandhan.
To go past the majority mark in the House, the ruling alliance needs 122 votes.