Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator Anil Sahani whose disqualification necessitated bypoll in Bihar’s Kurhani Meeting constituency stated that the defeat wasn’t of the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) however of chief minister Nitish Kumar. Blaming the bypoll defeat on JD(U)’s alternative of candidate, Sahani stated that fielding a non-EBC candidate in an Extraordinarily backward Class seat was a mistake.
The previous MLA additional acknowledged that Mahagathbandhan candidate obtained the vote due to Bihar deputy chief minister and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav.
“It is not the defeat of Mahagathbandhan, it is defeat of CM Nitish Kumar as non-EBC candidate was chosen for EBC (Extraordinarily backward Class) seat. The vote we obtained was as a consequence of Dy-CM Tejashwi Yadav,” Anil Sahani stated.
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) received the Kurhani Meeting seat defeating the Janata Dal (United) by 3,645 votes. BJP’s Kedar Prasad Gupta received the bypoll by securing 76,722 votes, whereas JD (U)’s Manoj Kushwaha Singh obtained 73,073 votes.
Sahni, who has been convicted and sentenced to a few years in jail in a case of fraud probed by CBI, demanded Nitish Kumar’s resignation.
“The best way Tejashwi Yadav sacrificed the occasion image (for bypoll), Nitish Kumar also needs to resign from the CM put up and make Tejashwi Yadav the chief minister for strengthening ‘Mahagathbandhan’,” the previous MLA added.
Former deputy chief minister and Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi additionally demanded Nitish Kumar’s resignation over the bypoll defeat.
“After the defeat in Gopalganj and now in Kurhani Meeting Bypoll Nitish Kumar ought to resign. Within the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, Nitish Kumar was diminished to 2 seats in Bihar after which needed to resign, equally, he ought to settle for that his reputation has decreased,” Sushil Modi advised ANI on Thursday.
“Nitish Kumar’s core voters are principally from backward caste and most of them have chosen BJP, although crores of rupees had been distributed the day earlier than polling evening and but JDU misplaced the election,” he added.