There won't be any impact of Delhi polls in Bihar: Tejashwi
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday dismissed suggestions that the BJP's stupendous victory in the Delhi assembly polls will have an impact in Bihar where elections are due later this year
LoP in the Bihar Assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav
addresses a press conference, in Patna, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (PTI Photo)
- PATNA —
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday dismissed suggestions that the BJP's
stupendous victory in the Delhi assembly polls will have an impact in Bihar
where elections are due later this year.
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- The former deputy chief minister of Bihar also said that a
return to power "after nearly 26 years" made it incumbent upon the
BJP to fulfil the promises made to the people of Delhi.
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- Yadav, who is now the leader of the opposition in the state
assembly, briefly replied to questions from journalists about the verdict in
Delhi where INDIA bloc partner Aam Aadmi Party was voted out of power.
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- "In a democracy, the people are supreme (janta maalik
hai). The BJP has been voted to power after nearly 26 years. Hopefully, promises
made to the people will be fulfilled and there will not be empty rhetoric
(jumlebaazi)," Yadav said.
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- The RJD leader, whose party has won the highest number of
seats in the last two assembly polls in Bihar, was also asked about the claim
of the BJP and its allies that upcoming elections in the state will benefit the
NDA as there was a momentum in favour of the ruling coalition.
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- The young leader remarked dismissively, "Bihar is
Bihar. It needs to be understood (Bihar Bihar hai... samajhna padega)."
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- The NDA is headed in Bihar by JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar who
has been the chief minister since 2005, except for a brief period when the
reins were handed over to Jitan Ram Manjhi.
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- The tenure of Kumar, who will run for a fifth consecutive
term in office this year, has also been marked by two short-lived alliances
with the RJD.
