‘Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram,’ Says Mallikarjun Kharge On Nitish Kumar’s Exit From Mahagathbandhan

Following the resignation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from his post on Sunday, various party leaders expressed their reactions.

Patna: Following the resignation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from his post on Sunday, various party leaders expressed their reactions. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that he knew it would happen, adding “There are many people in the country like ‘Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram’. “Earlier he and us were fighting together. When I talked to Lalu Ji and Tejashwi, they also said that Nitish is going. If he wanted to stay, he would have stayed but he wants to go. That’s why we already knew this, but to keep the India Alliance intact, if we say something wrong, the wrong message will be sent. This information was already given to us by Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav. Today that came true. There are many people in the country like ‘Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram’,” Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was quoted as saying to the news agency ANI.

#WATCH | On the resignation of Nitish Kumar as the CM of Bihar, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says, ” Bihar Dy CM (Tejashwi Yadav) and Lalu Prasad Yadav had hinted regarding this and today it became true. ‘Aise desh mein bahut saare log hein, aaya ram gaya ram’…” pic.twitter.com/WB2J5ck7Zh

— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2024

Tajposhi’ of Tejashwi – Bihar would have had a jungle raj again: Union Minister and BJP MP Giriraj Sing

Meanwhile, Union Minister and BJP MP Giriraj Singh said, “I thank Nitish Kumar that he has resigned. Whatever be his compulsion, Bihar was perplexed if there was a Jungle Raj 2-like situation in 1.5 years. Had Tejashwi Yadav sat on the seat (CM position), it would have been very difficult…I was concerned about just one thing now, I was apprehensive that with the kind of pressure that Lalu Yadav was putting on him for the ‘tajposhi’ of Tejashwi – Bihar would have had a jungle raj again. It is free of this now. BJP won’t allow jungle raj in Bihar…”

The unravelling power play in the state was triggered after CM and RJD president Lalu Yadav’s daughter, Rohini Acharya took a swipe at JD(U) on X, posting that while the ‘socialist party’ (JDU) styles itself as progressive, its ideology shifts with the changing wind patterns, a statement which triggered cracks within the grand alliance. The BJP, which was in government with Nitish’s party before the latter switched sides to forge ties with RJD in 2022, and JD(U) held separate meetings on Sunday.

Janata Dal (United) national president Nitish Kumar Resigns

Earlier today, Janata Dal (United) national president Nitish Kumar arrived at the Raj Bhavan in Patna and handed over his resignation to Governor Rajendra Arlekar.

In his first reaction to the political turmoil after handing over his resignation letter to the Governor, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the state of affairs in the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) formed one and a half years ago was ‘not good’.

(With Inputs From ANI)