With Rahul Gandhi being on stage, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav unilaterally declared himself because the chief ministerial face of the Grand Alliance in Bihar.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav unilaterally declared himself because the chief ministerial face of the Grand Alliance in Bihar. The announcement got here throughout a rally in Ara, in presence of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Celebration (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav. Rahul, who has up to now averted commenting on the CM face difficulty, was current on the dais, but remained silent as Tejashwi took cost.
Tejashwi’s assault on Nitish Kumar
On the rally, Tejashwi launched a pointy assault on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, branding him a “copycat Chief Minister” for merely replicating insurance policies with none originality. “Tejashwi is transferring forward. The federal government is following behind,” Tejashwi instructed the crowd, saying that whereas he was taking daring steps ahead, Nitish Kumar was merely copying his insurance policies and bulletins.
The ‘unique vs duplicate’ debate
Tejashwi went on to ask the gang whether or not they wished an “unique chief minister” or a “duplicate CM,” positioning himself because the “unique” candidate for the highest job in Bihar. This assertion clearly marked his intentions to take the management position within the Grand Alliance, regardless of the shortage of readability from Rahul Gandhi and the Congress on the difficulty.
The ‘vote theft’ row
Rahul Gandhi has claimed that this march is in protest towards what they name “vote theft” and aimed on the Election Fee’s Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The roadshow started on August 17 in Sasaram and has up to now coated over a dozen districts, together with Gaya, Nawada, Darbhanga, and Purnea. It’s scheduled to conclude in Patna after passing by way of Bhojpur.
Rahul Gandhi launched an assault on the Election Fee of India (ECI) and the BJP over the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) drive in poll-bound Bihar and mentioned that the 2 had been working in a partnership towards the opposition events.
“Our total stress is to alter the behaviour of the Election Fee and we is not going to depart it. We is not going to allow you to steal the election in Bihar. You stole in Maharashtra. You stole in Haryana. In Karnataka, we clearly confirmed that votes had been stolen. We is not going to let it occur right here,” Gandhi mentioned.
Tejashwi Yadav mentioned, “The Election Fee is not Election Fee. It has change into Godi Aayog. Now the Election Fee, is working like a cell of BJP get together, a employee of BJP. To save lots of democracy, to avoid wasting the structure, to avoid wasting the suitable to vote, and to avoid wasting the existence of the individuals, Rahul Gandhi ji and all of us have set out on this yatra. And one factor is evident on this yatra that we’ve additionally visited rural areas on the floor stage. The credibility of the Election Fee has ended…”