The alliance is strong and will not break, said Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav on Wednesday hit out at Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) saying, corruption charges against him and his family were a conspiracy by the BJP government.
Tejaswi Yadav's remark came a day after the Janata Dal(U) asked him to 'come out with facts in public against the accusations'.
Speaking to media, Tejaswi Yadav said, "FIR against me is a political vendetta. It's a conspiracy by Amit Shah and PM Modi. From day one they have tried to break our alliance."
Stating that the alliance is strong and will not break, he said, "BJP will get a fitting reply."
"They are bringing up cases of 2004 against me. I was 13-14 years old at that time. How could a kid do all this," Tejaswi said.
The RJD leader also said that he had pledged zero tolerance to corruption when he took over as minister and claimed that there is not a single corruption case against his departments.
On Tuesday, putting the ball in the court of RJD, JD(U) in a terse but bold message to its coalition partner without taking any names asked it to "explain your defence against accusations in public with facts".
However, the RJD stuck to its guns and ruled out resignation of Tejaswi.
"Tejaswi Yadav's work as Deputy Chief Minister and minister of road construction and building construction has been appreciated and no allegation has been levelled against him during the period...hence there is no question of his resignation," state RJD president Ramchandra Purbe told reporters.
Tejaswi Yadav, his father and RJD president Lalu Prasad and mother Rabri Devi, figure in the CBI FIR in the case related to three acres of land given to the family by a private party in return for licence given for hotels of IRCTC at Ranchi and Puri in 2006 when Lalu Prasad was railway minister. had pledged zero tolerance to corruption when i took over as minister. Not one case of corruption in my 3 depts so far
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