Senior RJD leader and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj K. Jha speaks to The Hindu days ahead of cabinet formation in Bihar. The coming together of RJD and JD(U) Mr. Jha, asserts will leave BJP with just two-seats in 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Bihar. Presently the BJP has 17 out of the 40 seats in the State and NDA together which included JD(U) has 39 of the 40.
What prompted RJD to go back on its own assertions to never tie-up again with Nitish Kumar and the JD(U)?
All such assertions have to be seen in the present context. We had to take into account the events of Maharashtra where BJP’s machinations led to fall of an elected government or Jharkhand where Hemant Soren government was threatened. In Bihar, too there is ample evidence that BJP was out to finish JD(U) and break other parties too. In that context, all those assertions have to be revisited. Ultimately what is politics meant for, to make sure, that Constitution and Democracy is protected and preserved. It was in this backdrop that Tejashwi ji and RJD did what was best and what was needed.
