In Chirag Paswan’s Thank You Note For PM, A Veiled Dig At Nitish Kumar
Chirag Paswan thanked PM Modi for sending a central group to Bihar. (FILE)
Patna:
Lok Janshakti Birthday party chief Chirag Paswan has welcomed the Centre’s resolution to ship a group to study the COVID-19 scenario in Bihar, whilst his alliance spouse and the ruling NDA’s face within the state, Nitish Kumar, has been going through flak over his dealing with of the pandemic. The timing of Mr Paswan’s observation would possibly rile up the Leader Minister who has been seriously criticised for his insistence for meeting election in Bihar in time even because the state is grappling with emerging choice of instances.
“The spiralling coronavirus instances in Bihar would possibly quickly result in an explosive scenario and has turn into an issue of outrage for the folks of the state. Holding in view the cases, the Central Executive has determined to ship a group to Bihar in order that the location will also be introduced underneath regulate,” tweeted Mr Paswan.
In every other tweet, he thanked High Minister Narendra Modi for sending the central group to assist Bihar amid the pandemic.
“I thank the High Minister for deciding to ship a group to Bihar to convey the instances of coronavirus underneath regulate,” learn his tweet.
The tweets through the LJP’s younger nationwide president got here simply hours after opposition chief Tejashwi Yadav referred to as the central group’s discuss with as proof that the “Nitish Kumar govt is manipulating COVID-19 numbers” within the state.
The BJP-led alliance is suffering to carry in combination a widening rift in Bihar between two key allies forward of state elections due later this 12 months.
The fissures between the 2 regional birthday party bosses got here into the highlight lately when Mr Paswan echoed the perspectives of Tejashwi Yadav on keeping polls amid the coronavirus pandemic and instructed the Election Fee to believe the chance to electorate.
A couple of days in the past, election strategist Prashant Kishor had additionally hit out at his former birthday party leader Nitish Kumar, pronouncing because the state’s COVID-19 scenario is deteriorating, that is “now not the time to combat elections” however the virus.
The JD(U), alternatively, has been dismissive of the fee that it used to be insistent on keeping meeting polls in time “at the price of peoples’ lives”, pronouncing carrying out elections well timed is a constitutional legal responsibility and the Election Fee should take “an unbiased name”.
