Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance government on Wednesday won the floor test by voice vote as the opposition BJP walked out from the assembly proceedings and staged a protest. The Grand Alliance government won the motion of confidence with 160 votes and zero votes against the motion.
Before the floor test during the debate leaders of all the political parties got the opportunity to speak in the house including chief minister Nitish Kumar. As being the last speaker Nitish attacked BJP and alleged that the saffron party always gets involved in hampering communal harmony. He did not miss the opportunity to attack the central government, claiming that no work is being done by the centre and money is only being wasted on publicity.
“No work by the BJP at centre is being done and only publicity is going on. People's earnings have gone down. What kind of situation BJP is trying to create in Bihar, we are very much aware. Why only talk about the 2020 assembly poll, why not about other polls in which we performed better than the BJP? We are doing real work and the centre is taking credit for it," Nitish said during the debate.
Nitish also taunted BJP leaders claiming that if they will speak against him, the central BJP leadership will notice them and will give them some opportunity in the centre. “You people will get something in the centre if you will speak unnecessary things against me. Those who will speak against us will get the opportunity at the centre. I must say that those people who deserve better were never promoted in BJP,” Nitish asserted.
He also said that the BJP government at the centre never paid any attention to his request which used to take place in the regime of former PM later Atal Bihar Vajpayee.
“I requested PM Modi to grant Patna University the status of central university but my demand was not heard. Only two people from NDA were retained in the new government of NDA in 2020. Sushil Kumar Modi was not made deputy chief Minister. Had I not supported Vijay Sinha, was there any chance for him to become a speaker? In the place of Nand Kishore Yadav, BJP leadership made Vijay Sinha as speaker of Bihar Assembly,” Nitish stressed.
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Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav also blasted BJP alleging that BJP uses CBI, ED and IT at their Jamai (son-in-laws ) whenever they get fear from any person. Tejashwi statement was in the backdrop of CBI raids on RJD leaders which started in the morning. He also expressed shock over a section of the media saying that the mall being raided by CBI in Gurgaon belonged to him.
“This so-called Godi- media people should do some research before running such news. It belongs to a person from Haryana and the mall was inaugurated by one BJP MP,” Tejashwi said during the debate. Tejashwi also stated that the grand alliance will last the longest. “We are going to play the longest inning in Bihar and this partnership will create a buzz along with the development of Bihar and nobody can dare to hamper the communal harmony in the state,” Tejashwi said.
Former deputy chief minister and BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad was the first speaker during the debate who slammed Nitish and alleged that he has lost his political credibility. He also took a jibe at Nitish for having the ambition to become PM. “Everyone should have political ambition but with the ambition of becoming PM, Nitish has lost everything. It is an irony that he remains on the chair of CM and only the deputy chief minister keeps on changing,” Prasad said.
He also repeated the words which were earlier said by Tejashwi and Lalu. Tarkishore recalled how Lalu had once compared Nitish with a snake that sheds skin apart from calling him, Paltu Ram. Tarkishore also recalled how Tejashwi had once said about Nitish – Aisa koi saga nahi jisko thaga nahi (there's no one dear whom he has not cheated).
