Patna:
Making an indirect attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday mentioned that the seat distribution inside the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the not too long ago concluded assembly elections should really have been completed 5 months prior to the poll, adding additional that the Janata Dal (United) had to spend a price tag due to the fact it was not completed.
“The seat distribution within the NDA should have been done five months prior to the elections but that was not done and as a result, JDU had to pay a big price for it. I was not in favour of becoming the chief minister but because of the pressure of BJP and my party, I agreed to assume the post,” Mr Kumar mentioned at the JD(U) state council meeting.
“People voted for us wherever we asked them and there was no confusion from our side. But false propaganda was spread against me and my party,” he added.
The Bihar chief minister additional mentioned that his party failed to anticipate as to who had been their close friends and who had been not.
“We failed to anticipate who were our friends and who were not and on whom we should have trusted. After the election campaign, we got to understand that things were not conducive for us but by that time it was too late,” he mentioned.
Nitish Kumar additional mentioned that National Register of Citizens (NRC) will not be implemented in Bihar and his party will oppose it even if it is attempted.
“NRC will not be implemented in Bihar and if an attempt is done to do so then our party will openly oppose it,” he mentioned.
Earlier yesterday, Mr Kumar had stated that the situation of his cabinet expansion was not taken up for discussion in the course of the talks he had with top rated BJP leaders at his official residence.
By winning 74 seats against the JD(U)’s tally of 43, the BJP is mentioned to be insistent on possessing a larger share of the pie.
A 14-member council of ministers of chief minister Nitish Kumar was sworn in by Governor Phagu Chauhan in November 2020.
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