Image Source : PTI Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday betrayed suspicion that Upendra Kushwaha, a key aide who has of late fallen out of favour with him, might be hobnobbing with the BJP.
Kumar was replying to queries of journalists about Kushwaha, the JD(U)’s disgruntled parliamentary board chief, claiming that the celebration had grown “weak” in latest instances and that senior leaders within the celebration remained in contact with the BJP regardless of the nasty break up in August final yr.
“He should name at least one leader who is in touch (with BJP). The one who himself wants to get in touch is making such allegations”, snapped Kumar. “He may talk nonsense for as long as he pleases and leave the day he wishes to”, added the JD(U) supremo who additionally rubbished Kushwaha’s declare that the celebration had grown weak, mentioning “the latest membership drive saw our strength swell from less than 50 lakh to 75 lakh”.
Kushwaha returned to the JD(U) in 2021, eight years after quitting, merging his Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and moreover the respectable celebration publish, was rapidly rewarded with a berth within the legislative council.
Things turned bitter between the mentor and protégé lately when reviews surfaced in a piece of the media that Kushwaha may develop into a Deputy CM, evoking a powerful denial from Kumar who made it clear that RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav would stay the only occupant of the publish.
JD(U) insiders imagine that the reviews might need appeared on the occasion of Kushwaha himself, who has a status for being very bold.
Last week, Kushwaha was in Delhi to endure a medical examine up and his photos with some BJP leaders at AIIMS went viral on social media which is being seen as a “deliberate leak” by these in help of Kushwaha.
The parliamentary board chief was snubbed by the celebration on Tuesday when he was not invited to a operate attended by the chief minister and most different leaders of consequence in JD(U). The operate noticed the CM, in his deal with, making a veiled reference to Kushwaha planning to abandon the celebration, once more, whereby he was rehabilitated after spending a very long time in political wilderness.
“He never conveyed to me if he had any unfulfilled ambitions. He may go wherever he likes. Though here he enjoys respect”, Kumar had instructed reporters on the sidelines of the operate after they requested him for a extra direct remark.
Kushwaha has made it clear that he “will never become a member of the BJP” however remained evasive on the query of floating a celebration and becoming a member of the NDA forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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