Monday, December 01, 2008

One-upmanship swamps nascent 'Bihari Pride' campaign

IIPM Publication
Speaking from Jhanjharpur, RJD MP Devendra Prasad Yadav told TSI: “These resignations have made politics a joke, and Nitish Kumar has merely decided to break out unity. On October 27, all our parties had decided to work together, but this step has broken that promise. Ideally the MPs of all three parties should have resigned together. This is not a small issue. It is a question of the unity and
sovereignty of the country.”

Paswan has termed this a political gimmick. “Who does not know that the terms of the MPs would in any case end within the next three months? Meanwhile, ‘inspired’ by Nitish’s step, even the RJD MPs have sent in their resignations to party boss Lalu Prasad. The big question is, why give it to Lalu, why not to the Lok Sabha Speaker? Is this an RJD’s answer to Nitish’s gimmick?....continue

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