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Tejashwi skips govt event to avoid sharing dais with CM

However, minutes before the CM arrived at the event, a plaque bearing Yadav's designation, was first covered with a notepad and later removed.

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Peacemaking efforts between allies Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) do not seem to have produced desired results, with the deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Prasad Yadav skipping a state government event in which CM Nitish Kumar was in attendance on Saturday.

The Bihar government had organised a function on the occasion of 'World Youth Skill Day', where CM Kumar and Yadav were slated to share the dais as the chief guest and special guest, respectively. Newspaper adverts had also confirmed the presence of both leaders.

However, minutes before the CM arrived at the event, a plaque bearing Yadav's designation, was first covered with a notepad and later removed.

Thus confirming that the Yadav scion will not share the frame with the JD-U president.

Kumar also distanced himself from RJD quota minister Vijay Prakash at the event when he changed his seat with JD-U's Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh "for a better view of the TV screen and to avoid the air conditioner".

The tussle between the grand alliance partners in Bihar commenced after Yadav's name figured in the July 5 FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged land-for-hotels corruption case. RJD President Lalu Yadav and his wife and former CM Rabri Devi have been made co-accused in the case.

While the RJD rallied behind the junior Yadav, praising his work and stating that there was no need for him to resign in a clear case of "political vendetta", the JD-U had given him a "four-day ultimatum", which expired on Saturday, to come out clean on the charges against him by making his asset details and sources of income public.

A war of words ensued between the allies as the CM's party indirectly mounted pressure for Yadav's resignation over the issue. However, Lalu, on Friday night, reiterated that his son was not going to step down over an FIR lodged against him, adding that there was no threat to the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar.

The RJD on Saturday threatened that all its ministers - 11 in total - will quit if Tejashwi was sacked by the CM, though it was likely that the party will not pull out of the alliance.

Sources said that all parties are now waiting for the July 17 Presidential polls before making a further move, though a meeting of JD-U MLAs is scheduled at the CM's place on Sunday while the RJD and Congress legislators will meet the same evening.

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