New Delhi: While speaking to the media a day ahead of Narendra Modi taking oath for the Prime Minister as NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate, JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi on June 08 made a shocking claim and revealed why JD(U) broke away from INDIA Bloc.
KC Tyagi claimed that the opposition INDIA bloc had offered the PM post to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, to woo him to join the alliance and not support the NDA.
He said, “Nitish Kumar is the founder of the INDI alliance. When the Congress party was politically untouchable, the leaders of Aam Aadmi Party, Samajwadi Party, BRS and TMC were not ready to sit with the Congress party leaders. Nitish Kumar ended it by holding a meeting in Patna... All the regional allies were in favour of making Nitish Kumar the convenor, but as part of a conspiracy, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee recommended the name of Mallikarjun Kharge for the post of Prime Minister, while it was decided that there would be no PM face. A senior Congress leader questioned Nitish Kumar's becoming the convenor, such an insult was not acceptable to us. We understood their intention and JD(U) broke its ties with the INDI alliance and joined the NDA.”
“It shows the political bankruptcy of the leaders of INDIA bloc who were not ready to make Nitish Kumar the convener of the alliance, they offered him the PM post. I am happy that JDU leadership rejected them and Nitish Kumar endorsed the name of Narendra Modi as the new PM and all these rumours spread by them have come to an end. If any leader wants to know the name or wants to deny it, we have all the evidence... Yes (the proposal came on June 4, after the results).”
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