Tejashwi Yadav's Olive Branch To Chirag Paswan, And A Jab At Nitish Kumar

Tejashwi Yadav accused the ruling JD(U) in Bihar of being the "mastermind" behind the split in Lok Janshakti Party which has left Chirag Paswan cornered within the party that was founded by his father Ram Vilas Paswan.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday extended an olive branch to Chirag Paswan, urging the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader to reconsider its alliance with the National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP which he said swears by the RSS ideology instead of the Constitution. The Leader of the Opposition also accused the ruling JD(U) in Bihar of being the "mastermind" behind the split in the LJP, which has left Chirag Paswan cornered within the party that was being headed by him till recently and founded by his father Ram Vilas Paswan. Mr Yadav, who was talking to reporters at the Patna airport upon his return from Delhi, also sought to remind Chirag Paswan that in 2005 and 2010 similar splits were engineered by the JD(U) in the LJP while his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad had "helped Ram Vilas Paswan get a Rajya Sabha berth after he lost his own Lok Sabha seat". "Chirag Paswan must now decide whom he wants to stand with - those abiding by the Bunch of Thoughts (the famous work by RSS ideologue MS Golwalkar) or those for whom the Constitution drafted by BR Ambedkar is supreme", said Mr Yadav.