‘RJD to wrest Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur seats from NDA’

PATNA: Leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday claimed that the RJD will win both Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats where byelection is scheduled to be held later this year.
Addressing the RJD’s ‘Milan Samaroh’ at the party office here, Tejashwi said the people of the state were fed up with the NDA government and wanted to get rid of it.“Their frustration will manifest in the byelection to the two seats,” he added.
Accusing the RSS of causing division in the political families for its political gains, Tejashwi said the organisation believed in divide and rule policy. “Bhai ko bhai se ladana RSS ka siddhant hai,” he added.
Exhorting the party workers to face the challenges ahead, the former deputy CM said in many constituencies, including Parbatta in Khagaria district, the RJD candidates were denied victory certificates on frivolous grounds in the 2020 assembly polls.
Taking a swipe at the NDA government, Tejashwi alleged that nearly 15 lakh people lost their jobs during Covid pandemic in the state while the NDA government had promised to provide jobs to 19 lakh youths.
Taking a swipe at CM Nitish Kumar, the RJD leader said the former tried to gauge the mood of the people ahead of byelection in the name of aerial survey of Kusheshwar Asthan, which is inundated with floodwaters.
While Tarapur seat in Munger district fell vacant after the death of serving JD(U) MLA and former minister Mewalal Choudhary, byelection in Kusheshwar Asthan was necessitated by the death of BJP MLA Shashi Bhushan Hazari.