{"id":71761,"date":"2017-07-13T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=71761"},"modified":"2017-07-13T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:45:19","slug":"mahagathbandhan-in-bihar-is-it-set-to-tear-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/government\/mahagathbandhan-in-bihar-is-it-set-to-tear-apart","title":{"rendered":"Mahagathbandhan in Bihar – Is it Set to Tear Apart?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mahagathbandhan was a historic coalition which took place in Bihar in the 2015 legislative elections, in which three political parties: Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, and Congress joined hands, won the majority, and formed the government in the state. However, according to the latest news report, this Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance in Bihar may soon see its end in the coming few days because of Nitish Kumar’s silence over CBI raids on Lalu and family.<\/p>\n

Circumstances leading to break apart Mahagathbandhan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided and registered an FIR against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, \u00a0his wife Rabri Devi, and his son Tejashwi Yadav on corruption charges a few days back. Immediately after this, the Janata Dal (United) JD (U) president and incumbent chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar called for a meeting of his party leaders. Considered as a person having a politically clean image, Nitish Kumar does not actually want to compromise his principles for the sake of saving the \u2018Mahagathbandhan\u2019 government.<\/p>\n

Charges leveled against the RJD party<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the CBI, Tejashwi is involved in the \u201cland-for-hotel\u201d scam, in which three acres of prime land in Patna were transferred to the RJD supremo family by two businessmen so that they get licenses in return to operate two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri. This was the time when the RJD chief was the railway minister.<\/p>\n

Nitish Kumar\u2019s demand<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nitish Kumar wants the RJD party to come clean on the corruption charges and make a clarification on allegations leveled against Tejashwi Yadav and his family. Though Nitish Kumar said that the JD (U) party won’t break ‘mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar, but as per the latest news report, he wants the deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav to resign from his post within 4 days.<\/p>\n

Tejaswani\u2019s reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denying the allegations of corruption, Tejaswani considers this as a political conspiracy against him by the BJP and its leaders Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. He told the reporters after a cabinet meeting that under no circumstances he could have indulged in such activities. Ruling out the possibility of resigning from the cabinet, Tejashwi blamed PM Modi and BJP President Amit Shah of targeting him because he belongs to OBC.<\/p>\n

Lalu Prasad\u2019s reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n

In another interview in a popular TV channel, Lalu Prasad ruled out the possibility of Tejashwi resigning from Nitish Kumar’s cabinet. According to him, it is the people in the state of Bihar who have given his son a responsibility as a deputy CM and he is doing his duty well. Also, the RJD patriarch denied any corruption charges and blamed BJP and its leaders with their conspiracy to finish him off and his party. In the meantime, Lalu is hell bent on organizing the \u201cBJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao\u201d rally in Patna on August 27, 2017 on a grand scale so that Lalu Prasad could depict CBI raids on his house as a result of the BJP\u2019s \u2018vendetta politics\u2019.<\/p>\n

What experts say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether Mahagathbandhan will tear apart or will stay, time will tell. But according to experts, there can be three outcomes:<\/p>\n