Ex-Bihar CM Manjhi says Tejashwi, Rahul, Chirag go for 'honeymoon' when it's time for work

Slamming Congress leer Rahul Gandhi, LJP leer Chirag Paswan and RJD leer Tejashwi Yav on Thursday, HAM leer and former CM of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi commented on ir "absence" from state. He said that three go for "honeymoon somewhere" whenever re is a crisis in ir party or in state. Terming three as "yuvraj",  former Bihar Chief Minister also said that party who policy is for people gets public support while dismissing reports pf chaos within ruling NDA. 

" three yuvraj of India, Bihar, wher Rahul Gandhi, Chirag Paswan or Tejashwi Yav, when time comes, three go for honeymoon somewhere. What y go for, it is t kwn. party whose policy is right, that party gets public support. People of our society become legislators, ministers and forget needs of society," he said. However, Manjhi also said that HAM will contest in upcoming West Bengal elections and stated that HAM wants one MLC post and one more ministerial post in Bihar.

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Shyam Rajak's claim and RJD's offer

Earlier, RJD leer Shyam Rajak h said that as many as 17 RJD MLAs are in touch with Tejashwi Yav-led party. Rajak claimed that all 17 MLAs wanted to join RJD but were denied entry as Lalu Pras Yav's party doesn't want to resort to unconstitutional means. Citing anti-defection laws, Rajak said that if 25 to 26 legislators from JD(U) will join party, n ir membership will be accepted.  RJD leer claimed that JD(U) MLAs are unhappy about way BJP was asserting itself on Nitish Kumar.

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Moreover, RJD leer Uday Narayan Choudhary urged CM Nitish to leave NDA and return to Mahagatbandhan citing BJP's alleged contempt for small parties. He h claimed that JP Nda-led party wanted to finish JD(U) and highlighted Arunachal Presh as an example. He predicted that LJP president Chirag Paswan shall be inducted into Union Cabinet soon to trouble Nitish Kumar.

Nitish and Sushil Modi's response

Meanwhile, dismissing claims of JDU-turned-RJD leer Shyam Rajak of a massive switchover of 17 JDU MLAs to RJD, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, stated that such claims were baseless. Speaking to reporters while visiting a bird sanctuary, Kumar said, "Anyone can make any claims y want. All are completely baseless."

BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi also rubbished RJD's claim. In a jibe at Lalu Pras Yav-led party, Modi pointed out that RJD was t able to stop its own MLAs and MLCs from jumping ship ahe of 2020 Bihar Assembly polls. At least 5 MLCs and 7 MLAs belonging to RJD h joined JD(U) in le-up to election. He reminded RJD that its 'experienced dynastic leership' h been rejected by poor, labourers, youth and women of state. Alleging that some leers are making claims of luring NDA legislators simply to please RJD leership, Modi contended that y did t have political honesty. 

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