Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar is the face of the grand alliance led by his party, the Janata Dal (United), RJD and the Congress.
Jamui, Bihar: Likening the Bihar election to hosting a wedding, and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to a “dulha” or bridegroom, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief (RJD), Lalu Prasad, has taken a dig at the BJP led National Democratic Alliance for not having a chief ministerial candidate.
“We, the grand alliance, have dulha (bridegroom) Nitish Kumar. But BJP-led NDA has no dulha,” said Mr Prasad while addressing a rally in Jamui district.
The former Bihar chief minister, in his inimitable style, said that people would reject such a marriage party which lacks the bridegroom.
Mr Kumar is the face of the grand alliance led by his party, the Janata Dal (United), RJD and the Congress.
BJP leaders have maintained that the election will be fought on the achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government, and the chief ministerial candidate would be decided after the elections, if their alliance wins a majority.
On the issue of the reservation policy, Mr Prasad said, “Till Lalu is alive, reservation for Dalits and OBCs cannot end. RSS and BJP are keen to end reservation,” referring to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s suggestion to review the country’s reservation policy.
The BJP has clarified that Mr Bhagwat’s comments are being deliberately misread by other parties. The RSS is the ideological mentor of the BJP.
The former chief minister also sought to caution the voters, saying that BJP workers from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are visiting rural Bihar in large numbers to spread hatred and create communal tension for the party to advantage from it politically.
Bihar goes to polls in five phases between October 12 and November 5.
Almost all opinion polls have predicted a neck and neck fight between the BJP-led NDA and the grand alliance spearheaded by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad.
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