PATNA: JD(U) parliamentary board chairman and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha on Saturday said Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in the state would complete its full term of five years and no power in this world would be able to topple the government before completion of its five years.
Kushwaha was reacting to leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s statement that the state government would fall in the next 2 to 3 months.
Responding to a media query, Kushwaha also countered the RJD’s claim that 17 JD(U) MLAs were in touch with it to topple the Nitish government.
“If the RJD leaders are claiming that our 17 MLAs are in touch with them, they should realise that many RJD MLAs are also in our contacts.
I will not talk more on this issue at this juncture because politics is considered the game of possibilities,” he said.
Kushwaha, who merged his RLSP three months back with the JD(U), was talking to media persons at his new residence here.
Kushwaha was made a member of the Bihar legislative council weeks after he merged his party with the JD(U).
Earlier on Friday, Tejashwi, while responding to the demands of the RJD supporters in his Raghopur assembly constituency, had told the locals, “Don’t be upset, wait for some time.
This government will fall in the next 2 to 3 months.
Then, all your works will be done.” Tejashwi’s statement has caused an upheaval in the state’s politics, inviting sharp reactions from the NDA leaders, especially those from the JD(U) and the BJP.
A few days ago, a senior RJD leader, Shyam Rajak, who was earlier a minister in the Nitish Kumar-led cabinet, had claimed that altogether 17 JD(U) MLAs are in touch with the RJD leaders and they would help in toppling the Nitish government.
Reacting to Tejashwi’s statement, senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said, “The leader of opposition is daydreaming like Mungeri Lal.
People of Bihar has given mandate to the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government and the government will complete its full term of five years with the motto of ‘Justice with Development’.”