Nitish has adopted Mamata’s style of politics: Prasad

The BJP workers were protesting against the teacher recruitment policy in Bihar seeking resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav when the state police stopped them from marching ahead.

Prasad, who is in Cooch Behar as part of a fact-finding team visiting the state in the wake of violence in the state panchayat elections, said, “Since you (Nitish Kumar) have come in contact with Mamata Banerjee, you have adopted her style of politics. I condemn this incident in strongest of words. I am very disappointed and upset that I am not with my workers in Patna.”
Prasad visited the residence of Madhav Biswas, who lost his life allegedly during the elections in Falimari area of the Dakshin Cooch Behar assembly constituency. He met Biswas’s wife and other
family members.

Speaking to the media at the Cooch Behar railway station, Prasad slammed the state government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing them of widespread violence in the state during the polls. “You are shaming democracy, Mamata Banerjee,” he said.

The fact-finding team is in Bengal for the last three days and is visiting different areas to assess poll violence. The TMC has called the BJP’s visit as an attempt to divert attention from its defeat.