Amid strains between the political parties in Bihar, the JDU leader & Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has called upon the RJD leader Lalu Yadav
Lalu Yadav’s son Tejaswi Yadav has confirmed that the Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has indeed called upon his father, enquiring of his health as the former was admitted in the hospital and underwent an operation.
Tejaswi Yadav stated that the phone call was just a courtesy call and had tweeted about it too.
“Nothing but a late courtesy call to inquire about his health as he underwent fistula operation on Sunday,” Mr Yadav tweeted about the phone call from the Chief Minister.
“Surprisingly Nitish Ji got to know about his ill health after 4 months of hospitalisation. I hope he realises he being the last politician to enquire following BJP/NDA Ministers visiting him in hospital,” Mr Yadav said.
The phone call comes amid a strain ties with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United (JDU) and the recently formed alliance with the BJP. The alliance had taken place a year ago after the JDU had dumped Lalu Yadav’s party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) & the Congress.
Tejaswi Yadav had strongly disagreed to the option of open the RJD’s doors to the JDU.
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Tejashwi Yadav’s party thinks the belated courtesy call could have something to do with Mr Kumar’s troubles in his new alliance.
Junior Yadav told reporters that Nitish Kumar did appear to be in the process of making up his mind for yet another turnaround. ” (But) There is no guarantee that if we, speaking hypothetically, agree to yet another tie-up, he would not ditch us sometime later. The door is now closed,” Yadav said.
For weeks, the JDU has been sparring with the BJP for primacy in the campaign and tickets for next year’s general elections. The back-and-forth between the JDU and BJP is increasingly turning shrill and both sides are talking about their preparedness to contest the Lok Sabha election on their own.
The RJD-JDU alliance had broken up when the Yadavs were accused in a corruption case by the CBI.
Divorcing the RJD, Nitish Kumar had decided to join the BJP- a decision the Tejashwi Yadav has not forgiven for.
Meanwhile, the RJD leaders say this isn’t the first time that Nitish Kumar had inquired about Lalu Yadav’s health.
Shivanand Tiwari, the RJD’s senior vice president, confirmed that Nitish Kumar had inquired about Lalu Yadav’s health earlier too.
When Lalu Yadav was abruptly discharged from AIIMS in Delhi and sent back to jail in Ranchi last month, a BJP leader said Nitish Kumar felt it was avoidable move and had spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against sending him to jail when the 70-year-old was unwell. The RJD boss was released on bail soon after by a court in light of his medical condition.
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