PATNA/BHABHUA: There were red faces in the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the lead constituent of the ruling alliance in Bihar, on Monday when its lawmaker and former minister Sudhakar Singh once again attacked chief minister Nitish Kumar, saying he has failed on every front and should тАЬrelinquish his chairтАЭ.
Singh, son of RJDтАЩs state unit president Jagdanand Singh, was talking to reporters on assembly premises before the start of the Budget session.
тАЬHe has no vision. Entire Bihar knows he has failed on all fronts. He is not in favour of restoring agriculture mandis (marketing yards). He doesnтАЩt want to improve the education scenario. All development works under his rule were on paper only. He only wants to hold his chair. The state has been pushed back on development parameters,тАЭ said Sudhakar Singh, who quit as agriculture minister last year after a brief stint of just about two months following his repeated attacks on the chief minister.
тАЬNitish Kumar should be removed from the post of CM. Law and order has broken down. Big crimes are taking place in the state. There is prohibition and people are dying of poisonous liquor in Bihar,тАЭ he said.
Asked about Sudhakar SinghтАЩs assessment, RJD leader and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav said action will be taken against Singh.
тАЬIf he is deliberately giving such statements, it means he is acting at somebodyтАЩs behest. Such statements are not good. Our partyтАЩs national president (his father Lalu Prasad) will soon take a call,тАЭ said Yadav.
To be sure, this wasnтАЩt the first time that Sudhakar Singh has targeted Nitish Kumar. On Sunday evening, Sudhakar Singh told a meeting of farmers that he would prefer PresidentтАЩs rule in the country rather than have Nitish Kumar as prime minister. тАЬAt a time when farmers, the poor and workers are facing their worst crisis, he (Nitish Kumar) has procured a тВ╣350-crore aircraft to further his prime ministerial ambitions. The money could have benefitted farmers,тАЭ he had said.
The RJD did issue a show cause notice to Sudhakar Singh – he replied last week – but there is no word on the partyтАЩs decision.
The Janata Dal-United hit back at Sudhakar Singh. Party leader Neeraj Kumar said: тАЬWe donтАЩt take notice of RJD MLA who is a 420 (an accused in a cheating case) and has been jailed in paddy milling scam.тАЭ
