Summary:
Patna, July 25 (PTI) Upendra Kushwaha, a top leader of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), on Monday squarely blamed ally BJP for the perception gaining ground that all was not well in the NDA in the state.
The JD(U) parliamentary board chief also slammed state BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal for having recently claimed that Bihar was fast becoming a hub of anti-national terror activities.
“There are no major issues between the two parties.
But utterances of BJP leaders often give rise to a wrong impression.
They should refrain from making intemperate statements,” Kushwaha said, replying to queries from journalists about JD(U)-BJP ties.
Asked about the comments made by Jaiswal last week, in the backdrop of the busting of a PFI terror module in the state, the JD(U) leader sarcastically remarked that “from the way he speaks it seems he is privy to more facts than the administration.
If it is so, he should share the same with officials lest he may stand accused of concealing sensitive information”.
“Let us be very clear that the busting of the module is not a cause for great alarm.
Such modules have been busted in many other states in the past.
The administrative machinery is handling the issue competently,” he asserted.
Jaiswal’s comments were seen as yet another attempt by the state BJP chief to berate the administration of the Nitish Kumar, the state’s longest-serving chief minister.