RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. (Express Photo by Alok Jain/File)
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A year after the Janata Dal (United) withdrew support from the Grand Alliance in Bihar and joined the NDA to form the government in the state with BJP, leaders of JD(U) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) used Friday’s no-confidence motion discussion as a platform to target each other on political developments in the state over the last one year.
While the RJD blamed the BJP-led NDA of encroaching upon the mandate in Bihar, JD(U) targeted the RJD and the Congress on the issue of corruption.
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Speaking in support of the no-confidence motion, RJD MP from Banka Jay Prakash Yadav accused the Narendra Modi government of “cheating” with the Constitution, reservation, snatching rights of people from SC, ST and OBC communities and cheating with the dreams of B R Ambedkar.
Referring to Yadav’s speech, Kaushlendra Kumar, JD(U) MP from Nalanda who spoke against the motion, said, “You all (opposition parties) have moved the no-confidence motion because the Prime Minister is acting against corruption. The entire nation is standing as one against corruption.”
Lalmani is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, and is based in New Delhi. He covers politics of the Hindi Heartland, tracking BJP, Samajwadi Party, BSP, RLD and other parties based in UP, Bihar and Uttarakhand. Covered the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, 2019 and 2024; Assembly polls of 2012, 2017 and 2022 in UP along with government affairs in UP and Uttarakhand. ... Read More
