Bihar's ruling Janata Dal (United) on Friday claimed that the principal opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will struggle so much in the upcoming assembly elections that its leader Tejashwi Yadav will not even get the status of Leader of Opposition.
After Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inducted seven new ministers from the BJP into his Cabinet, Yadav, presently the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, said on Thursday that it will not make any difference to the fortunes of the ruling party as this will prove to be the last term of this government.
Yadav also claimed that "Sanghi elements" in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) were hatching a "conspiracy" to thwart his son Nishant's entry into politics.
The leader of the opposition was of the view that there was a possibility of JD(U) being "saved from extinction" upon Nishant taking the plunge, which was not to the liking of the BJP and its sympathisers.
Hitting back, JD(U) national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said the RJD rule under Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi had left Bihar in dire straits, and Nitish Kumar improved its condition on every development metrics.
Tejashwi Yadav should apologise to the state before misleading its people in the name of development, the JD(U) leader said.
Nitish Kumar has restored peace and rule of law (in Bihar), besides empowering all sections of the society, be it the youth, women, SCs or the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), he added.
"People of Bihar know the truth of the RJD and will not fall for their lies. They will teach a political lesson to a dynastic party like the RJD."
Assembly polls are due in Bihar later this year.