Nitish Kumar's Party Chief Slams Colleague Over Rahul Gandhi Comment
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Janata Dal (United) chief Rajeev Ranjan aka Lalan Singh has strongly objected to his party colleague and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh's attacks on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
Janata Dal (United) chief Rajeev Ranjan aka Lalan Singh has strongly objected to his party colleague and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh's attacks on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the Congress leader's criticism of the Indian parliament's functioning during a speech in the UK's House of Commons on Tuesday.
Mr Ranjan alleged some people may have forced his Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), colleague to say something against Mr Gandhi over the speech the Congress leader gave abroad, which drew severe criticism from the ruling BJP as "lies". The BJP and JD(U) were allies in Bihar earlier.
"Harivansh is the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman. He should know whatever happens in Lok Sabha is not brought up in Rajya Sabha. The opposite is also true. But you see the fight between the centre and the Congress these days, somebody must have put pressure on Harivansh to say something, so he said it," Mr Ranjan said.
"But we don't understand why the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman had to bring in a Lok Sabha matter? It is totally inappropriate," Mr Rajan said, referring to what Mr Gandhi had said about the Lok Sabha's functioning in his House of Commons speech.
