Elated over Bihar bypolls outcome, Nitish Kumar takes potshots at Lalu Prasad
The Hindu
Lalu Prasad had plunged into campaign himself and claimed that the RJD's victory in the bypolls would trigger a “stampede” in the NDA
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday asserted that results of the just-concluded bye-elections in the State, won by his Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)], were a resounding rejection of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founded and headed by his arch-rival Lalu Prasad who betrayed arrogance and a lack of humility.
Mr. Kumar was talking to reporters at the State headquarters of the JD(U) where he joined a function organised to felicitate the victorious debutants Ganesh Bharti and Rajiv Kumar Singh who respectively retained for the party Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) and Tarapur Assembly constituencies.
“The bypolls were a sad occasion for us as these were necessitated by the deaths of our sitting MLAs. I have always held that people's will is supreme. They have reposed their trust in us. We will continue serving them as long as the trust continues,” Mr. Kumar said.