Nitish wants Tejashwi to rebut charges

patna — Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday broke his silence over Tejashwi Yadav — the younger son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and the deputy chief minister of the state, against whom a corruption case has been filed by the CBI — saying he has zero-tolerance against corruption.

“I shall not compromise with my principles. I am firm on my resolve of zero tolerance against corruption,” Nitish Kumar said while addressing his party Janata Dal-United’s leaders and workers at his official residence here.

The chief minister’s much-anticipated statement came in the wake of a series of raids on the deputy chief minister and other family members of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing the corruption case against Tejashwi last week.

“I will not tolerate corruption. The CBI has not raided me,” Nitish Kumar was quoted as saying by a senior party leader.

Without naming RJD chief Lalu and Tejashwi, Nitish Kumar said fact-wise reply should be given in public by those against whom allegations of corruption had surfaced.

“So far, the reply or explanation given by them is not satisfactory. They should come out with fact-wise reply in public.”

According to sources in the JD-U, Nitish Kumar said whenever there were allegations of corruption levelled against any JD-U leader, his party had taken the necessary action.

“RJD will have to take action against its leader. It is for RJD to act against Tejashwi as he has been named in an FIR by the CBI.”—

I shall not compromise with my principles. I am firm on my resolve of zero tolerance against corruption Nitish Kumar, Bihar CM