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Patna : JD (U) National President and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on October 26, 2020, fired another salvo at RJD boss and former CM Lalu Prasad at Mahnar in Vaishali District in North Bihar without naming him saying no development can be expected from people producing 8-9 kids for a son. This inviting a strong retort from Mahagathbandhan’s chief ministerial face and Lalu’s younger son Tejaswi Yadav who said the JD(U) President is tired — both mentally and physically.
“Kisi ko chinta hain. 8-9 bachha paida karte hain. Beti par bharosa nahi hai. 7-8 beti ho jane ke bad ladka hua. Kaisa Bihar Banana chahte hain…agar logo ka yahi aadarsh hain to Bihar ka kya hoga ( Does anybody care? They produce 8-9 kids. Have no faith on daughters. They had 7-8 daughters before a son. What kind of Bihar they want to make? If this is their ideal, what will happen to Bihar? ),” Nitish asked the voters. Although he did not name anybody but his obvious target was RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi, who have nine children.
Reacting to Nitish’s statement, Tejashwi told reporters at Patna on October 27, 2020, that by making such comments the Bihar CM is targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has 5-6 brothers and sisters.He said the chief minister’s remark was an affront to the dignity of women. Nitish Kumar is tired both physically and mentally hence making such remarks, Tejaswi said.
At the Mahnar election meeting, Nitish explained to people as to why he left the Grand Alliance in 2017 just two years after forming a government with the RJD and Congress in 2015. “I told him (Tejaswi) to come clean on a charge levelled against him in a money laundering case. He could not. I realised they have returned to their old habits of influencing even police stations and so I walked out of the alliance,” Nitish said.