Bihar CM Nitish takes a jibe on Modi over corruption

Express News Service

PATNA:  Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday not directly targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi whereas responding to the latter’s allegation of corruption on Opposition events. On Modi’s allegation that some political events had come out within the open to guard the corrupt, Nitish, with out naming the PM, advised media individuals on Friday, “Why should anybody protect the corrupt? Why is he not speaking about what is happening in other states? We have never compromised over the corrupt for so long in Bihar. They can say whatever they wish to. I don’t have to respond.”

“When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was in power, I had the opportunity to work with him. He had taken care of everybody. People at the Centre can say anything, I am really not concerned about it,” the Chief Minister stated, including that he was primarily targeted on the event of Bihar.

Modi had remarked in Kerala the opposite day that “as action is being taken against the corrupt, a new polarisation of political forces is happening in the country”, and “some political parties have come out in the open to put up a combined resistance to protect the corrupt”.

“Who is shielding the corrupt? Would anybody ever think of doing so? There are, however, many developments in various states, of people going from here to there, which all know but about which I do not wish to say much,” stated Kumar. Rubbishing Modi’s declare that Opposition events had been going right into a huddle rattled on the Centre’s crackdown on corruption, Kumar additionally sought to remind the previous that in lots of states the BJP has ended up aligning with these whom it had beforehand accused of wrongdoings. Kumar spoke on corruption on the sidelines of a operate the place his deputy Tejashwi Yadav was additionally current and the RJD chief, who finds himself and relations in lots of authorized wrangles, selected to be extra upfront.

Nitish asserted that he had been working for the state’s progress ever since he was given a chance to serve the state. “Hum log nyay ke saath sab ka vikas karna chahte hain aur bina koi bhed bhav ke (We want to provide justice to people and bring about changes in their lives without discrimination),” he advised the media after paying tributes to former CM, Daroga Prasad Rai, on the latter’s dying anniversary.

Deputy chief minister and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav stated, “There are more than 1000 MLAs and over 300 MPs from BJP. No raid has been conducted against any of them during the last eight years. Are all of them clean? And if no raid has been conducted, who is protecting them? Those who are making fake claims of making attempts to eradicate corruption are protecting them.”

On the opposite hand, former deputy chief minister and BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi took a dig at Nitish for not dismissing RJD minister Sudhakar Singh from the cabinet when his title had figured within the rice rip-off. Was Nitish avoiding motion in opposition to Sudhakar as he is the son of Bihar RJD president Jagdanand Singh, he requested.

‘BJP aligning with parties involved in wrongdoings’ 

Rubbishing Modi’s declare that Opposition events had been going right into a huddle rattled on the Centre’s crackdown on corruption, Kumar additionally sought to remind the previous that in lots of states the BJP 
has ended up aligning with these whom it had beforehand accused of wrongdoings

PATNA:  Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday not directly targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi whereas responding to the latter’s allegation of corruption on Opposition events. On Modi’s allegation that some political events had come out within the open to guard the corrupt, Nitish, with out naming the PM, advised media individuals on Friday, “Why should anybody protect the corrupt? Why is he not speaking about what is happening in other states? We have never compromised over the corrupt for so long in Bihar. They can say whatever they wish to. I don’t have to respond.”

“When Atal Bihari Vajpayee was in power, I had the opportunity to work with him. He had taken care of everybody. People at the Centre can say anything, I am really not concerned about it,” the Chief Minister stated, including that he was primarily targeted on the event of Bihar.

Modi had remarked in Kerala the opposite day that “as action is being taken against the corrupt, a new polarisation of political forces is happening in the country”, and “some political parties have come out in the open to put up a combined resistance to protect the corrupt”.

“Who is shielding the corrupt? Would anybody ever think of doing so? There are, however, many developments in various states, of people going from here to there, which all know but about which I do not wish to say much,” stated Kumar. Rubbishing Modi’s declare that Opposition events had been going right into a huddle rattled on the Centre’s crackdown on corruption, Kumar additionally sought to remind the previous that in lots of states the BJP has ended up aligning with these whom it had beforehand accused of wrongdoings. Kumar spoke on corruption on the sidelines of a operate the place his deputy Tejashwi Yadav was additionally current and the RJD chief, who finds himself and relations in lots of authorized wrangles, selected to be extra upfront.

Nitish asserted that he had been working for the state’s progress ever since he was given a chance to serve the state. “Hum log nyay ke saath sab ka vikas karna chahte hain aur bina koi bhed bhav ke (We want to provide justice to people and bring about changes in their lives without discrimination),” he advised the media after paying tributes to former CM, Daroga Prasad Rai, on the latter’s dying anniversary.

Deputy chief minister and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav stated, “There are more than 1000 MLAs and over 300 MPs from BJP. No raid has been conducted against any of them during the last eight years. Are all of them clean? And if no raid has been conducted, who is protecting them? Those who are making fake claims of making attempts to eradicate corruption are protecting them.”

On the opposite hand, former deputy chief minister and BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi took a dig at Nitish for not dismissing RJD minister Sudhakar Singh from the cabinet when his title had figured within the rice rip-off. Was Nitish avoiding motion in opposition to Sudhakar as he is the son of Bihar RJD president Jagdanand Singh, he requested.

‘BJP aligning with parties involved in wrongdoings’ 

Rubbishing Modi’s declare that Opposition events had been going right into a huddle rattled on the Centre’s crackdown on corruption, Kumar additionally sought to remind the previous that in lots of states the BJP 
has ended up aligning with these whom it had beforehand accused of wrongdoings