JD(U) QUESTIONS TEJASHWI’S SILENCE

The feud in Bihar’s ruling Grand Alliance shows no sign of ending, with the Janata Dal (United) questioning the silence of Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on the corruption charges faced by him.

“Silence is no solution,” JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar told a regional TV news channel on Saturday and asked Tejashwi, the younger son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, to come clean on the corruption case filed by CBI in the land-for-hotels case earlier.

“In fact, silence generally conveys two things. Either, one has accepted his guilt or has nothing to explain to the public on the charges levelled against him,” Kumar said in a clear indication that the party hasn’t budged from its demand that Tejashwi must explain the source of his wealth.

The Grand Alliance had the people’s mandate on “zero-tolerance against corruption” and CM Nitish Kumar would never compromise on this, he said.

“We are running a coalition government, and if our partner RJD was not comfortable with JD(U) spokespersons raising the zero-tolerance against corruption issue time and again, it should suggest what action should be taken against them,” Kumar said.