Sushil Modi takes swipe at RJD; points towards Tejashwis lack of credibility

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday took a swipe at opposition RJD, which hes five-party Grand Alliance in state, saying Tejashwi Yav, whom it has declared as Chief Ministerial candidate for assembly polls, lacked acceptability among alliance partners.

In a series of tweets, in which he did t mention younger son of Lalu Pras by name, senior BJP leer also trained his guns at 30-year-old for his failure to regularly take part in assembly proceedings despite being leer of opposition and power struggle between him and his or siblings active in politics.

" party has faith in leer whom RJD declared as Chief Ministerial candidate for 2020 assembly polls, without consulting any of allies. He has failed to earn reputation as a credible opposition leer in last 32 months", Modi tweeted.

tably, Yav h me his electoral debut in 2015 assembly polls when Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JD(U), RJD and Congress h contested in alliance and was appointed Deputy CM at a tender of 25.

However, abrupt walkout of Kumar from alliance in July, 2017, and return to NDA, after Yavs name cropped up in money laundering cases led to young leer being stripped of position of power. Chosen by Pras, RJDs all-powerful founding president, as his political heir, Yav has been declared partys chief ministerial candidate through party resolutions opted at its national council in 2017 and 2019.

Cracks appeared within five-party alliance which also includes Congress, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhis HAM, former Union minister Upendra Kushwahas RLSP and Bollywood set designer turned politician Mukesh Sahnis VIP soon after 2019 declaration as many leers insisted CM candidate would be decided jointly by all five parties.

y h also taken exception to RJDs unilateral decision. In ar tweet, Modi also lambasted Yav for "remaining active only on social media and failing to ask, on floor of House, a single question of public interest". Modi also charged RJD leer with "remaining absent when people of state were reeling under disasters like brain fever and floods" and blamed se traits for dismal performance of his party in Lok Sabha in which it failed to win a single seat.

" despair of RJD crown prince has grown in wake of power struggle within Lalu family besides cases relating to divorce and domestic violence", ded Modi alluding to nasty marital dispute involving Yavs elder bror Tej Pratap Yav. Tej Pratap Yav who married party legislator Chandrika Roys daughter Aishwarya in May, 2018 filed a divorce petition six months later. His estranged wife recently lodged a case accusing mor in law Rabri Devi and her eldest sister in law and Rajya Sabha member Misa Bharti of domestic violence.

Moreover, a tug of war is perceived to be on among Tejashwi, Tej Pratap and Misa with elder siblings said to be feeling slighted by growing clout of youngest. Modi also took potshots at RJD for its legislators names cropping up in cases of rape. In yet ar tweet, he recalled names of Raj Ballabh Yav Nawa MLA who lost his membership of assembly upon conviction in rape of a mir and Arun Yav from Sandesh,who is absconding,eving arrest upon being named in a similar case in Bhojpur district.

Apparently peeved at BJP being labelled "anti-women" in wake of assault on girls on JNU campus, Modi also remarked " RJD should look within and examine its own treatment of women.. it should also tell people who tore a copy of womens reservation bill".

In 2010, Rajya Sabha member Rajniti Pras along with some MPs of or parties, h torn a copy of bill on floor of House in protest against n-inclusion of separate quota for SC/ST and OBC women. Two years later, Pras hit helines again when he infamously tore draft of Lokpal Bill and RJD supremo drew widespre condemnation for failure to rein in MP despite watching drama from visitors gallery.