Bihar : BJP does not like CM Nitish’s proximity to Lalu family, is his reaction to CBI raid?
On Friday, different teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 16 places of former Union Minister Lalu Prasad. According to CBI sources, simultaneous raids have been conducted at 17 locations including Patna, Delhi and Gopalganj of former Union Minister Lalu Prasad. The CBI team has also raided the residence of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi. Former Chief Minister Rabri Devi is also in the house. CBI sources say that this case is related to taking bribe, taking land and property in the name of getting government job when Lalu Prasad was Railway Minister, which has been raided in the matter of investigation. The political significance of this action of CBI has also started being extracted.
RJD’s Legislative Council member Sunil Singh, who reached Rabri residence, alleged that this entire action is political. When Sunil Singh was asked a question on the timing of the raid, he said that everyone in the country knows that the CBI cannot drink even a glass of water of its own accord. The CBI is completely a parrot of the central government. He said that RJD is out of power for 17 years. Even after this, it is the largest party in the state. The way Tejashwi Yadav’s popularity has increased in the last few days has created fear in the mind of BJP that RJD may not form the government. MLC Sunil Singh said in gestures that BJP has become scared. The BJP has started getting troubled by the recent political meetings. This action is the result of the same panic of BJP.
On the other hand, RJD MLA Mukesh Roshan along with his supporters were seen scolded outside the Rabri residence. He and his supporters were seen raising slogans against the CBI. He alleged that the BJP was misusing the CBI to harass Lalu Yadav. The people of Bihar are understanding everything.
Has the BJP panicked over Tejashwi’s proximity to Nitish?
After questions raised by RJD leaders, discussions have started in the political corridors of Patna that the BJP has panicked due to the closeness between the family of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav. Therefore, she is trying to harass Lalu Yadav and his family through CBI action.
RJD-JDU together on many issues
In the last few months, there have been many such issues on which the voices of Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appeared together. On the issue of removal of loudspeakers from religious places, BJP appeared aggressive across the country, while JDU and RJD opposed it in unison. Tejashwi Yadav and Nitish Kumar are constantly saying the same thing on the issue of caste census. Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav have met separately to conduct caste census in Bihar.
CBI raids 15 locations of Lalu Yadav, corruption case in railway recruitment
Nitish and Tejashwi met many times in two months
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had reached the Iftar party organized at Rabri Devi’s residence on foot from his official residence. Tejashwi Yadav was seen coming forward and welcoming Nitish Kumar. Not only this, Nitish Kumar was made to sit with Lalu family at Rabri residence. After this meeting Tej Pratap Yadav had said that it is going to be played in Bihar.
After this, Tejashwi Yadav and Nitish Kumar were seen talking very closely in the Iftar party organized by JDU. Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav met separately for about an hour on the issue of caste census. These are all occasions when the closeness between CM Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav was seen. However, these meetings were described as formal by JDU. But RJD has been saying that Bihar is political.
Nitish’s statement on BJP’s defeat in Bochahan by-election
On the defeat of the BJP candidate in the by-election to the Bochahan assembly seat of Muzaffarpur, CM Nitish had said that it is a minor thing. CM Nitish said that we had gone to Bochahan to campaign for the NDA candidate. The reason for the defeat there is not fully known. Whereas the BJP’s defeat in Bochahan made it clear that the Bhumihar and Brahmin society of Bihar is angry with the BJP. After the election results came, the leaders of Bhumihar society had openly said that whatever respect they give, they will go with them. After this election result, senior BJP leader like Sushil Kumar Modi had to tell what good his party has done for Bhumihar society.
That is, on the defeat of which BJP is worried, Nitish Kumar kept trying not to show seriousness at all. All these incidents have led to speculation that Nitish Kumar’s closeness to the Lalu family is increasing. However, after coming out of jail, Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that there is no such thing as Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav forming the government together at the moment. Remind here that after the formation of the RJD JDU government in 2015, Sushil Modi continued to accuse the Lalu family of scams and corruption on the BJP side. Eventually, in 2017, Nitish Kumar broke away from the Grand Alliance and again formed the government with the BJP.
What did BJP say on CBI raid?
On the CBI raids on 17 places of Lalu Yadav in connection with the job in lieu of land in Railways, BJP has said that the law does not take any politically motivated action. BJP spokesperson Prem Ranjan Patel said that law takes its own course. CBI is already investigating in the case of irregularities in railway recruitment. CBI is taking action against those who are guilty in the scam and corruption case in the Railways in a fair manner and will continue to do so. Raids are being conducted in this matter all over the country. Whoever is involved, action will be taken against all of them.
