Tejashwi Yadav opines on Nitish Kumar's 'friend or foe' quip: "Who hasn't he betrayed?"

Taking a jibe at Nitish Kumar's 'Friend or enemy' remark, Opposition leer Tejashwi Yav on Sunday, reminded how Nitish h betrayed several parties including RJD. Calling it 'Tit for tat', Yav claimed that Kumar came to power through back doors and greed. Tejashwi has alrey ruled out Nitish Kumar's re-entry in Mahagathbandhan amid tension between NDA allies - JDU and BJP, since Bihar polls.

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Tejashwi: "Tit for Tat"

'Don't kw who is friend or foe': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar turns bitter amid BJP-JDU tussle

Nitish: 'Failed to see friends'

On Saturday, at JDU party meeting, Nitish said that he was unaware of who is his friend and who are enemies during Bihar polls. Moreover, he ded that seat distribution within NDA  for recently concluded assembly elections should have been done five months prior to poll and that it was delay that dealt Janata Dal (United) suffered a blow. He also said that false propaganda was spre against JDU, in a dig at LJP's Chirag Paswan, who contested polls against Nitish but with PM Narendra Modi.

" seat distribution within NDA should have been done five months prior to elections but that was t done and as a result, JDU h to pay a big price for it. I was t in favour of becoming chief minister but because of pressure of BJP and my party, I agreed to assume post," ding, "People voted for us wherever we asked m and re was confusion from our side. But false propaganda was spre against me and my party".

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Taking a dig at his allies, he said, "We failed to anticipate who were our friends and who were t and on whom we should have trusted. After election campaign, we got to understand that things were t conducive for us but by that time it was too late". This quip of Nitish comes amid delayed cabinet expansion in Bihar.

Just a day earlier, Nitish h said that discussion took place on expansion of newly formed cabinet in state. After meeting top BJP leer at his official residence 1 Anne Marg in Patna, Kumar said that matter did t come up for discussion. "As of w, re are 14 members in state Cabinet. issue (of Cabinet expansion) was t taken up for discussion at meeting (with BJP leers) yesterday (January 7)," said Kumar. As per rules, a maximum of 36 ministers, including Chief Minister, can be appointed to 243-member Bihar Assembly. 

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JD(U)'s reduced clout

In recent Bihar polls, while Nitish was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term his stature was reduced as his party won only 43 seats - down from 71 in 2015, while BJP bettered its tally winning 74 seats. BJP furr asserted its dominance, with shifting Nitish's preferred deputy - Sushil Modi to Rajya Sabha and installing two deputy CMs - 4-time MLAs Tarkishore Pras and Renu Devi inste. Faced with anti-incumbency, NDA mand to eke out a majority winning 125 seats, compared to Mahagathbandhan which raked in 110 seats- mainly due to Tejashwi's campaign.