As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to set the political battlefield through visits of Hindutva leaders ahead of Bihar assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has given clear indication of returning to Mandal politics to counter the BJP’s plan.
After RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav promised to make changes to the state Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravishankar Prasad on Saturday took a dig at him and said that he should wait till elections.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the RJD by reminiscing about the poor law and order situation, healthcare facilities, education, transportation and other socio-economic conditions in Bihar during the 15-year rule of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi.
It seems that the Congress Party’s newly-appointed Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru’s aggressive campaigning to revive the party ahead of the assembly elections has put the RJD on the backfoot
Bihar State Congress Party President Akhilesh Prasad Singh expressed the confidence that the Congress party will win 40-50 seats if it gets a fair share in the final seat arrangement.
"The Centre Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at 16 places in Delhi, Patna and district Gopalganj of Bihar in connection with the alleged land-for-job scam involving former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, RJD leader.
Special emphasis has been laid on austerity and transparency, and to promote the exchange of books and pens instead of flowers and bouquets.
Now, Nitish Kumar is going to form a new government in Bihar and apart from the RJD, there is no party in the state which is in the position of a king maker.
All the party MLAs, MLCs and MPs have been asked to attend the meeting and the party's top leadership has directed them not to carry mobile phones at the venue.
The development came as a setback to the main Opposition RJD headed by Lalu Prasad with the party's tally coming down to 79 from existing 80. The RJD which won 75 seats in the last assembly elections had reached to 80 after it won the Bochaha assembly by-polls held in April this year and then four of the five legislators belonging to All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) joined the party last month.
