I don’t need a certificate from anyone on secularism: Nitish Kumar hits out at Opposition

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday opened up on why he broke up with RJD chief Lalu Yadav, nearly twenty months of sharing power in the state. Addressing the comments made by the opposition, Nitish said, “I don’t need a certificate from anyone on secularism.”

Addressing a press briefing in the state capital, Nitish said that it was getting difficult for him to tolerate the corruption allegedly done by Lalu Yadav’s family members.

“I spoke to Lalu ji several times. I told him that he should issue a clarification on the CBI raids: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. When issue of corruption came up, it made me realise how can I compromise on corruption,” he said.

“I kept tolerating Lalu Prasad so that the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ remained intact, but it became impossible to continue,” Nitish added.

But, he kept defending his son, he added.

Earlier in the day, the RJD had also conducted a press conference where they maintained that they would have asked Tejashwi Yadav to resign as deputy chief minister to keep the alliance.

Criticising Nitish for being accused in a murder case under section 302 and also Arms Act, RJD’s Jagdanand Singh said he hoped Nitish’s ‘antar-atma’ will speak up after that.

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