RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today accused his arch rival chief minister Nitish Kumar and the Congress of 'usurping' reins of power in Bihar from his party under a 'larger conspiracy' to weaken the cause of social justice.
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today accused his arch rival chief minister Nitish Kumar and the Congress of 'usurping' reins of power in Bihar from his party under a 'larger conspiracy' to weaken the cause of social justice and said people had realised it by now and would force them to 'bite the dust.'
"We didn't lose but Nitish and Congress usurped the reins of power from our hand to thrust upon difficulties and miseries on the people under a large conspiracy to weaken the social justice", Prasad said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of JD(U) leader Virendra Kumar Choudhary joining his party.
To buttress his point, Lalu said his framing in 'false and fabricated' cases of multi-crore rupees fodder scam, imposition of president's rule by the Congress in 2005 which saw the worst-ever jail-break in Jehanabad that defamed Bihar at that time vindicated his charge.
Prasad also identified LJP president Ramvilas Paswan's decision to go alone at the hustings in 2005 also contributed to the electoral reverses the RJD had faced. ''But we are happy that Paswan ji is with us'', he said and added that the people of the state had made up their minds to ensure that ''Nitish's alliance and Congress bite the dust.''
Referring to the allegations pertaining to the multi-crore rupees fodder scam, Prasad alleged that the chief minister was facing similar charges at present.
"Why is he (Kumar) worried about a CBI probe into the allegations of corruption against him", Prasad asked and said Kumar had now lost confidence.
Supporting his view, Prasad said the CAG report highlighted fraud in supply of foodgrains to flood victims in Khagaria. "The CAG enquiry reveals, the foodgrains were transported for flood relief on trucks bore the registration numbers of scooters", he said quoting the CAG report.
"Where are all the petitioners who got me falsely booked in the fodder scam cases... What are they doing now?", he asked.
The RJD leader was apparently referring to JD(U) national spokesman Shivanand Tiwari and its former state president
Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lalan, who had filed the PIL that led
Patna high court ordering a CBI probe in 1996 which paved the
way for exit of Prasad as chief minister.
"All these conspirators are maintaining silence", he said.
Prasad held the Centre and Nitish Kumar government +equally responsible+ for the people's miseries caused by escalated prices of essential commodities and petroleum products.
Referring to the Women's Reservation Bill, Prasad said he had opposed the bill, tooth and nail, as it was aimed at snatching the benefits of reservations from people.+
He also reiterated his demand for holding a census on the basis of castes to prepare data about the population of every caste.
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