Tejashwi Yadav’s Strong Criticism of the Ruling Alliance
Patna, August 4 – Tejashwi Yadav, a prominent leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), launched a fierce critique against the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar.
During a press conference on Tuesday, he attributed the ‘significant defeat’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Bankipur assembly by-election to the ‘negative politics’ of Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary. Yadav, who serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, stated, ‘Since Samrat Chaudhary took office as Chief Minister, the BJP has faced two electoral defeats in the state within the last 150 days-first in the Legislative Council elections and now in the Bankipur assembly by-election.’
He further accused Chaudhary of complete failure in governance, asserting, ‘The law and order situation in the state has completely deteriorated.’
Yadav acknowledged the mandate from Bankipur, declaring, ‘This mandate is against the BJP-led NDA and the Chief Minister.’
Prashant Kishor, founder of the Jan Suraj Party, secured victory in the Bankipur assembly seat on Monday, a constituency historically dominated by the BJP, which had not lost it since 1995.
The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of BJP National President Nitin Nabin, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, leaving the Bankipur assembly seat vacant. In his debut election, Kishor garnered 64,151 votes, defeating BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha by a margin of 19,324 votes. Sinha was nominated at the last minute after the initially announced candidate, Abhishek ‘Bunty’, withdrew due to ‘family reasons.’