Opposition sees Nitish Kumar move as sign of taking fight to BJP | India News – Times of India

Opposition sees Nitish Kumar move as sign of taking fight to BJP | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Opposition parties welcomed Nitish Kumar‘s move to snap ties with BJP and ally with RJD, Congress and other parties in Bihar as a move that took the fight to BJP and a sign that the opposition would not be intimidated by the saffron party. One party said the realignment in Bihar had given BJP a taste of its own medicine.
“This is a good beginning today, the day when the slogan of ‘Bharat chhoro (Quit India)’ was given against the British. If the slogan of ‘BJP bhagaao (drive away BJP)’ is coming from Bihar, I feel that in other states also, parties will stand against BJP, and so will the people,” Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said.
Congress politician Jairam Ramesh said it was an example of what goes up must come down and that the ruling party had been “illegally” toppling state governments. “In March 2020, Modi Sarkar postponed the Covid-19 lockdown to engineer the fall of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh. Now, it cuts short the Parliament session knowing its coalition government in Bihar is going. What goes up must come down!” Ramesh said on Twitter. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot described the JD(U) and BJP alliance as “nefarious” and “bound to break”.

CPI general secretary D Raja tweeted to say that Nitish’s move was a “strong indictment of the politics of intimidation practiced by BJP”.”BJP’s authoritarianism leaves no scope for cooperation. After Akalis & Shiv Sena, JD(U) is the latest example. Cracks are visible in the relationship of BJP & AIADMK too,” he said.

Former PM and JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda tweeted: “I have been watching the developments in Bihar. It made me think of the days when the Janata Dal parivar was under one roof. It gave three PMs. I am in my advanced years but if the younger generation decides, it can offer a good alternative to this great nation,” he tweeted.

CPI MP Binoy Viswam said one could sense a change. “Bihar conveys the message of far-reaching change in Indian politics. It’s final outcome depends upon the level of insight expected from the important players,” Viswa tweeted, adding that the Left would play a “responsible role in its consistent fight against RSS-BJP”.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said BJP had now got a “taste of their own medicine”. “The BJP has said that it wanted an opposition-free India. Now look at how some parties are reacting to them, particularly their allies. They are getting a taste of their own medicine after what they did in Maharashtra,” Yechury told news agency PTI.
Tamil Nadu’s governing DMK said party chief MK Stalin‘s determination to battle BJP in national politics had received a boost from Nitish’s move.

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