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Patna:

Nitish Kumar has once again formed the government in Bihar with Lalu Yadav's party Rashtriya Janata Dal.

After leaving the NDA, Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister on Wednesday.

At the same time, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has been made Deputy CM.

Tejashwi Yadav, while talking to NDTV on Thursday, told how he made up his mind to go with Nitish Kumar in the absence of Lalu Yadav.

Lalu Yadav is currently undergoing treatment for his illness by staying with his daughter in Delhi.

When this political reshuffle was taking place in Bihar, Lalu Yadav was not in Patna.

Tejashwi Yadav told NDTV, 'We already had an eye on the political situation of the people.

Through constant news and when we were in front of the house, it was clearly visible that Nitish Kumar was feeling uncomfortable.

He told, 'Vice Presidential elections were held, after that we were marching on the streets against inflation and unemployment.

The next day we called a meeting.

Because this atmosphere was constantly visible from the news that maybe Nitish Kumar ji is angry and is going to take some big decision somewhere.

"BJP wants to destroy the opposition...": Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav to NDTV

In the year 2017, after leaving the Grand Alliance and going to the NDA once again, the RJD had targeted Nitish Kumar fiercely.

Nitish Kumar was even termed as 'Palturam'.

Apart from this, Lalu Yadav had also called him a 'snake that leaves the dermis'.

How did you decide to go with Nitish Kumar?

In response to this question, Tejashwi Yadav said, 'The atmosphere of the country, there is communal tension everywhere and there is danger on Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb.

Democracy and the Constitution are under threat.

There is an atmosphere of anarchy in the country.

Constitutional institutions are being destroyed.

It is our duty to cooperate with the socialist people at any cost.

When all this development happened in Bihar, Nitish Kumar ji came by submitting his resignation to the governor.

And he kept his word.

After this, everyone in the Mahagathbandhan made up their mind to go with him.

Nitish Kumar denied BJP's allegation, said, "Bogus..."

At the same time, Tejashwi Yadav said, 'BJP's mentality is to eliminate the opposition.

Regional parties should be abolished.

That is, when there is no opposition, there will be no democracy.

If there is no democracy then what will be the atmosphere of the country.


Let us tell you, Nitish Kumar left the NDA in the year 2015, after which he contested the assembly elections with the Grand Alliance.

Nitish Kumar became the Chief Minister as the leader of the Grand Alliance.

However, he returned to the NDA only after two years in 2017.

In the 2020 assembly elections, Kumar contested the elections in alliance with the BJP with a huge majority at the Centre.

However, JDU had to be content with only 45 seats in the 243-member assembly.