Nitish Kumar can be “strong candidate” for PM: Tejashwi Yadav
Amid the buzz that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar could emerge as a prime ministerial candidate, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said if considered by the Opposition, the JD(U) leader might be a “strong candidate” as he enjoys “immense goodwill” on the ground.
In an interview with PTI, the Bihar Deputy Chief Minister also said the BJP’s narrative that “jungle raj” will be back with the return of the Mahagathbandhan government was a “tired discourse” and a “classic case” of “crying wolf”.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader said the coming to power of the Mahagathbandhan government with the JD(U), the RJD, the Congress and other parties uniting “augurs well for opposition unity”.
“It signals that most of the Opposition parties recognise the larger challenge before the country – the hegemony of the BJP, where on the back of money, media, and (administrative) machinery power, they are determined to stamp out all diversity from the Indian society as well as from the political spectrum,” he alleged.