Patna (
Bihar
) [India], April 16 (ANI):
Bihar
Minister and
BJP
leader
Sanjay Saraogi
has asserted that no matter what
Congress
–
RJD
does,
NDA
will win again under
Nitish Kumar
‘s leadership.
Speaking to media, Saraogi said, “No matter what they do, nothing is going to happen.
NDA
will win again under the leadership of
Nitish Kumar
. He (Tejashwi Yadav) may have gone to touch the feet, but nothing will be achieved by this. Common people are with
NDA
, Prime Minister Modi and
Nitish Kumar
‘s double-engine government. There is a spring of development in
Bihar
.
NDA
is united, they are divided.”
Saraogi’s comments follow the
Congress
–
RJD
meeting, which was conducted at
Congress
President Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence to discuss poll strategy and seat sharing.
Earlier, Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar
‘s son, Nishant Kumar, expressed confidence that his father would retain his position after the
Bihar
Assembly elections.
Speaking to the media, Nishant Kumar said, “It is an appeal to
Bihar
‘s public to give a majority (to JDU) more than what they gave in 2010.
Nitish Kumar
will undoubtedly become the CM.”
Bihar
Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary also expressed a similar sentiment and said that
Bihar
Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar
will retain his post after the
Bihar
Assembly elections even if the “entire UPA, INDI alliance” fights the polls.
“There is no challenge. Even if the entire UPA and the entire INDI alliance fight,
Nitish Kumar
will remain the Chief Minister of
Bihar
,” Samrat Chaudhary told reporters in Patna.
Chaudhary’s comments follow the
Congress
–
RJD
meeting, which was conducted at
Congress
President Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence to discuss poll strategy and seat sharing.
“This time, change is certain in
Bihar
. Today, we met the former Deputy Chief Minister of
Bihar
, Tejashwi Yadav and discussed the strengthening of the Mahagathbandhan. In the coming elections, we will give the people of
Bihar
a strong, positive, just and welfare-oriented option.
Bihar
will be freed from the
BJP
and its opportunistic alliance,” Kharge said.
Meanwhile, Mallikarjun Kharge, while posting about the meeting with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav and others, said that the state will be freed from the
BJP
and its “opportunist” alliance after the polls, which will be conducted later this year.
“Youth, farmers-labourers, women, backwards, extremely backwards and people of all other sections of the society want the Mahagathbandhan government,” the
Congress
President said.
Bihar
Congress
in-charge Krishna Allavaru said, “Today’s meeting was just a beginning… There is a second meeting in Patna on the 17th of April. The work that started in the meeting will be taken forward in
Bihar
by building a consensus and strategy with all the parties.”
Bihar
Congress
President Rajesh Kumar said, “The meeting was very good, and we will fight the
NDA
government with unity. Many topics were discussed. We will move forward on all those topics in a systematic manner… We will sit on different dates and discuss all the points.”
Tejashwi Yadav also expressed that a united alliance is ready to fight the elections. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Yadav said that another meeting would take place on April 17 in Patna.
On the question of the Chief Ministerial’s face, he said it would be decided unanimously while also declaring that the
NDA
will not form the government in
Bihar
at this time. (ANI)
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