Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Dilip Jaiswal has slammed the Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal alliance in Bihar, terming it "mismatched" and said both parties want to "reduce each other's "stature."
Senior BJP leaders, including party's national general secretary Tarun Chugh, Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha and state president Dilip Kumar Jaiswal conducted a meeting with party leaders and workers of Bihar on Thursday.
Independent MP from Purnia, Pappu Yadav, on Friday said Nitish Kumar's mental state is not good at present and claimed JD(U) is no longer in his control. He alleged that 90 percent of JD(U) leaders oppose SC/ST but align with the BJP.
"Fifteen years ago, funds were allocated for flood relief, but nobody knows where the Rs 200 crore went. People continued to suffer from floods as a result," Jaiswal said, emphasising the lack of accountability in the management of disaster relief efforts.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Patna on Saturday night for his two-day visit to Bihar. He was warmly welcomed at the Patna airport by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from the state.
After Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur's appeal to Muslims to "stay indoors," which sparked a controversy, Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Singh stated on Tuesday that while Muslims can offer Namaz, there should be restrictions on how and where they perform it in relation to Hindu festiva
He criticised the state government for failing to address the issues of Divyangs (specially-abled persons) despite being in power for 11 years with a "double-engine government" and 20 years under Nitish Kumar's leadership.
Earlier on Wednesday, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar suspended Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi for the entire duration of the ongoing Budget session.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday lauded Dilip Jaiswal, who has been formally elected the BJP president of Bihar, and exuded confidence in the NDA's return to power in assembly polls later this year.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Jaiswal has been re-elected as party president of Bihar. The state will face assembly elections later this year.
Bihar BJP President Sanjay Jaiswal praised the state budget and said that new projects in infrastructure and Airports will give a new direction to the state's development under the NDA.