IT’S VENDETTA, SAYS TEJASWI
Patna, July 12: A day after the JD(U) asked him to come clean, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Prasad Yadav on Wednesday virtually ruled out his resignation, while dubbing the FIR registered against him under various anti-graft provisions as “political vendetta.”
“The FIR (in land-for-hotels case) is part of a political vendetta,” he said.
Bihar’s deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav on Wednesday rejected corruption charges against him and termed it a conspiracy by the BJP to break the alliance in Bihar.
Talking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting in Patna, Mr Yadav said that he had pledged zero tolerance on corruption the day he had joined office and always went out of the way to help poor and backward people.
“FIR against me is a part of political vendetta. It’s a conspiracy by BJP chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister to break the alliance in Bihar,” Mr Tejaswi Yadav said.
This was Mr Tejaswi’s first public appearance after raids were conducted at his residence in Patna and other places. Tejaswi Yadav also interacted with the Chief Minister for the first time on Wednesday.
“I am not resigning from the Cabinet post and why should I resign when I know that cases registered against me are completely baseless,” Mr Yadav said.
He further claimed that the CBI registered FIR against him in cases of 2004 when he was 14-yearold kid “with no moustache” and had no proper knowledge of scam and corruption.
“Can you imagine that a child of 14-years of age whose moustache had even not come out getting involved in corruption and land scam. The cases levelled against me are completely false,” the deputy chief minister asked reporters.
He further said that “BJP was always scared of my father Lalu Yadav but now I know that they are also nervous to see my growth as a political leader.”
Mr Tejaswi attending the Cabinet meet is being considered significant because Nitish Kumar during the JD(U) meeting on Tuesday had said that he wanted a public clarification by RJD top leaders over the allegations.