TEJASHWI SEEKS APOLOGY FROM PEOPLE

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has sought an apology from people for the mistakes committed when his party was in power in Bihar. “I was young when my party was in power for 15 years. But if there were any mistakes I apologise for that”, he said during an event in Patna recently. “But during those 15-year can anyone deny that Lalu Yadav did not do social justice”, he added.

His statement is likely to cause some heartburn within the RJD especially among those who are considered close to RJD chief Lalu Yadav and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi.

While raising concern over the statement a section in the RJD called it an “immature comment” and said that “not only in Bihar but people across the country are aware of how our party has worked for the poor and gave voice to the backward class”. Tejashwi Yadav gave the statement in response to the “15 years versus 15 years” narrative being built by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his party JD(U).

In his speech, Tejashwi Yadav also mounted an attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and held him responsible for unemployment in the state. “Bihar has become a centre for unemployment. During this coronavirus crisis and countrywide lockdown, the large number of workers who were stuck in other states were from Bihar. They left their state due to unemployment. Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister of Bihar and he has failed to generate employment in the state”, he said.