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BJP refutes Nitish claim, says not instigating Bihar CM
New Delhi, Feb 12
The BJP Thursday refuted
allegations by JD-U leader Nitish Kumar that it was instigating Bihar
Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi not to resign from his post even after
his government has reportedly been reduced to a minority.
"The
BJP has nothing to do with it. It's nothing but the result of infighting
of the JD-U," BJP leader and union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told
reporters here.
Nitish Kumar, who had come to the national
capital with over 130 legislators of the Janata Dal-United, the
Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress and the Communist Party of India to
parade them in front of President Pranab Mukherjee, alleged that the BJP
was behind the political crisis in Bihar and the Manjhi government was
reduced to a minority.
"The BJP somehow wants to impose
President's Rule in Bihar. I am not alleging anything, these are facts
and they know it. The Bihar governor is encouraging horse-trading by not
going for floor test in the house," Nitish Kumar said.
Prasad
retorted: "The allegations are baseless and we reject them. This is a
desperate Nitish who is yet to come to terms with his conclusive defeat
in Bihar."
The BJP leader accused Nitish Kumar of running a proxy government in Bihar for a long time.
"When the chief minister (Manjhi) started removing his (Nitish's) loyalists from important positions, he got restless," he said.
"Nitish
ji was running the government in Bihar through Jitan ji. When Jitan ji
removed people close to Nitish ji, he got worried," Prasad alleged.
"Nitish ji has imposed baseless and untrue allegations on the BJP. We condemn his statement," he said.