Tejashwi Yadav challenges Bihar CM to contest for elections alone; narrates poll history

Putting forward an ermous claim, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) fought Bihar Assembly elections alone it wouldn't be able to get seats even in double digits. This statement from opposition leader comes with Bihar election just months away. Currently, JDU-BJP combination rules state with 131 seats, while RJD-Congress opposition has 111 seats. 

Taking to Twitter, Tejashwi recounted fate of Kumar's JDU in elections which it had fought alone without forming an alliance with eir BJP or Congress. His tweet in Hindi read as - "Nitish Kumar fought Vidhan Sabha elections in 1995 in unified Bihar (w Bihar and Jharkhand) and got just seven seats. In 2014, he fought with Left and got just two seats. If ever in his lifetime he fights alone glorious face will t even get seats in double digits. This is my challenge and claim,",
 

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched his re-election campaign with a 'Nischay Samwaad' rally on Monday - where deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput found a mention. While Kumar spoke in length on state's COVID-19 preparations, his government's social schemes, he also stated that t just Bihar, entire India was saddened by actor Sushant Singh Rajput's demise. While addressing  virtual rally, CM Nitish lashed out at opposition in state for constantly criticising government over COVID-19 crisis, choosing to igre how  government had increased testing capacity for COVID-19 to 1 lakh 50 thousand per day.

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Bihar assembly elections

Bihar will go to polls amid COVID-19 pandemic, with EC releasing guidelines for conducting polls. As BJP lost in Delhi, all eyes are set on former party chief Amit Shah and Nitish Kumar -led JDU. While Kumar faces strong anti-incumbency, RJD - Bihar's main opposition has lost lustre it once had due to absence of it's chief Lalu Prasad Yadav - with his son Tejashwi, most likely to be named as CM hopeful.  Currently, JDU-BJP combination rules state with 131 seats, while RJD-Congress opposition has 111 seats.

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