Asaduddin Owaisi takes 'how does it feel' dig at Tejashwi Yadav over Bihar AIMIM MLAs' 2022 coup
In the 2020 Bihar elections, Owaisi's party had won five seats. In June 2022, four of the five MLAs joined the ruling RJD.
Hyderabad: Referring to Nitish Kumar's exit from the Bihar Mahagathbandhan, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday attacked Tejashwi Yadav for affecting four AIMIM MLAs' switch to his party RJD in 2022, saying he "has been played the same way he played us".
In the 2020 Bihar elections, Owaisi's party had won five seats. In June 2022, four of the five MLAs joined the ruling RJD.
Owaisi said Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise to the nation for betraying the people of Bihar.
"Nitish Kumar, Tesjaswi Yadav, PM Modi should apologise to the people of Bihar... All three have betrayed the people of Bihar, especially Nitish Kumar... The term political opportunism will be an understatement, Nitish Kumar has broken all records... I always said Nitish Kumar would go with BJP," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
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Kumar today resigned as the chief minister of Bihar. He also announced his exit from the Mahagathbandhan and the INDIA bloc.
He is likely to take oath today as the chief minister after forming the NDA government in alliance with the BJP.
Referring to the AIMIM coup, he took a jibe at Yadav.
"I want to ask Tejaswi Yadav how it feels? He took away four of our MLAs. Does he feel the same pain now? He has been played the same way he played us... Tejaswi Yadav and his family have sidelined the people of Bihar and their focus is to only have someone from among them to be the CM," he said.
Kumar today blamed the INDIA bloc's lack of response for his switch to the NDA.
JD(U) leader KC Tyagi said the Congress wanted to steal the leadership of the Opposition's alliance. He also claimed the party made Mamata Banerjee propose Mallikarjun Kharge's name for the alliance's prime ministerial face.
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"Congress wanted to steal the leadership of the INDIA alliance. In the meeting that took place on December 19, through a conspiracy, to get the leadership of INDIA alliance, Mallikarjun Kharge's name was proposed (as PM face)…earlier, in the meeting that took place in Mumbai, it was unanimously decided that without any PM face, INDIA alliance will work," the senior leader said.
Two BJP deputy chief ministers – Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha – will take oath along with Kumar.
Kumar had switched over from the NDA in 2022, joining the Mahagathbandhan spearheaded by Lalu Yadav and his son Tejashwi Yadav.
