 "Bihar political crisis: Lalu Prasad says Tejashwi Yadav will not resign amid corruption charges")
Reiterating his position RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday night ruled out resignation of Tejashwi Yadav or any minister from his party in the wake of corruption charges:
Tejashwi will not resign: Lalu Yadav
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He rejected JD(United)’s demand of putting facts related to corruption allegations into public domain saying everything his family owns was in public domain. ‘Politically motivated’ CBI raids and filing of an FIR can’t be the ground for Tejaswi ’s resignation:
FIR is not sufficient reason for the resignation: Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tejashwi Yadav pic.twitter.com/oAJ0mlq4Jj
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“We are facing attacks from all sides. BJP is behind this. We will expose them in Bhajpa Hatao Desh Bachao rally on 27 August”, Lalu said. RJD leader also denied reports of any telephonic conversation with Congress president Sonia Gandhi in regard to Mahagathbandhan, adding he does not know if Gandhi has called Nitish Kumar:
News being run that Sonia ji talked to Lalu and Nitish ji, had no talks with Sonia ji: Lalu Prasad Yadav pic.twitter.com/QOw8Ced9pg
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Humaare taraf se gathbandhan par koi aanch nahi aane denge: Lalu Prasad Yadav
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When asked JD(U) has placed a precondition of his son and deputy chief minister Tejashwi’s resignation for continuing the alliance, Lalu said, “I understand everything. No one can scare me. BJP is trying to destabilise our alliance. But be clear, I will never be the first to initiate breaking of alliance.” Reacting on Lalu ’s statement JD(U) general secretary KC Tyagi said in Delhi that those who have been accused must come clean in public and his party won’t tolerate corruption. On Lalu’s contention that mere filing of an FIR can’t be the ground for seeking resignation, Tyagi responded saying CBI conducts a preliminary enquiry before filing FIR, so his logic does not hold ground. However, he also said, like Lalu, that Nitish would be the last person to break the grand alliance.
