NITISH KUMAR REITERATES CALL FOR OPPOSITION UNITY AHEAD OF 2024 POLLS

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday reiterated his call for Opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Chief Minister, in his address in the Assembly ahead of the trust vote of the new Mahagathbandhan government in the state, alleged that the BJP “creates trouble” in society and the Opposition will visit every nook and corner of the country and make people and society aware of the wrong policies implemented by the government including the discrimination on the basis of religion.

“We (RJD and JDU) have taken the pledge to work together for the development of Bihar. Leaders from across the country called me and congratulated me on this decision and I urged all of them to fight together in the 2024 elections. Is there any work being done by Delhi (Centre)? Only advertisement is being done,” Nitish said.Questioning the BJP’s role in the freedom struggle of the country, the Bihar CM alleged that they will “finish even Bapu” (Mahatma Gandhi).

“You were saying things about the 75th year of Independence. Where were you in the freedom struggle? In the end, they will finish even Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi). We have come together. We will put forward everything in front of every village and every section of society. Their only work is to create trouble in society. When everybody will come together, nobody will ask about them,” he said.

During the session, some Bihar BJP MLAs walked out of the State Legislative Assembly. Reacting to this, the Chief Minister said that they “must have got orders from your superior bosses” to say things against him.

Earlier, lambasting the BJP over speculations of him having prime ministerial ambitions, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that he does not want to become “anything”.

He said this while addressing the two-day special Assembly session here. “Those who say that I have pulled out of the alliance because I want to become something, I don’t want to become anything,” Kumar said.

“I was not ready (to become CM) in the 2020 elections.

I had said that you (BJP) have won more seats, CM should be from your party. A lot of pressure was put upon me to be the CM, I became ready in the end,” he said.