Tejaswi has two options - resign or get sacked: BJP
PATNA: Deputy Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar Tejaswi Prasad Yadav on Monday brushed aside questions on the growing demand for his resignation as media speculation, even as the BJP said he has only two options - resign or get sacked.
Responding to a question on the growing demand for his resignation, Tejaswi told reporters outside the Assembly that “it (resignation demand) is only in the media.” Tejaswi had skipped an official function on July 15, in which he had to share dais with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, indicating that the acrimony between the Janata Dal(United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal has reached a flash point in the wake of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the deputy chief minister.
RJD president Lalu Prasad has also ruled out the resignation of his son Tejaswi.
While Tejaswi stuck to his gun not to quit, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said, “Tejaswi Yadav has only two options - either tender resignation or get sacked.”
Sushil Modi, who is the state BJP Parliamentary party chief, urged Nitish Kumar to “stand firm on his ground (seeking resignation of Tejaswi)...
BJP is standing with him on his decision on this issue.”
Though none of the JD(U) spokesmen made any statement on the issue on Monday, party MLA Shyam Bahadur Singh said, “Gatbandhan aaj toot jaye to achha hain... BJP ke saath kaam karne mein maja ata hain (its better if the alliance breaks today... we love to work with the BJP).”
Hammer out solution
Congress MLA Shakil Ahmad Khan and MLC Dilip Chaudhary suggested senior leaders of the three coalition partners to talk among themselves to hammer out a solution. Amid reports of the BJP going soft on Nitish since the Tejaswi Yadav episode came to the fore, Sushil Modi thanked the chief minister for his support to NDA’s presidential pick Ram Nath Kovind.