PATNA: After an RJD MLA claimed on Tuesday that his leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav may hoist the national flag at Patna's Gandhi Maidan on Independence Day, JD(U) parliamentary party board chairman Upendra Kushwaha said several MLAs of the opposition grand alliance (GA) were ready to switch sides. “But we are least bothered about any split in other political outfits,” he said.
RJD MLA from Maner Bhai Virendra told the media on the state assembly premises, “Khela shooru ho chuka hai. Aage aage dekhte jaeeye hota hai kya (the game has already started. See what happens next).”
Reacting to the RJD MLA’s claim, Kushwaha they should first set their house in order and then think of a new government formation. “Koi agar diwa swapna dekhta hai to dekhe. Hum use kaise rok sakte hain? (If anyone believes in daydreaming, how can we stop him),” he said.
Bhai Virendra was reacting to the statement of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief and state animal husbandry and fisheries resources minister Mukesh Sahani on Monday that smaller parties were not being given due respect by the two big constituents of the NDA — BJP and JD(U).
Sahani was miffed at his detention at Varanasi airport on Sunday and was not allowed to take part in a programme on the death anniversary of former MP Phoolan Devi in the city there. He was sent back by the local police by the next flight. “Hamari baat NDA mein nahi sooni jaati hai,” Sahani had alleged. “NDA mein mil baith kar iska nidan ho jayega,” Sahani, however, told the media on Tuesday, a day after his party MLAs abstained from the NDA legislators’ meeting.
Kushaha also said, “It's an internal matter and we will discuss it at the right platform.”
