INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
thanked Rahul Gandhi for his speech on Saturday at Jantar Mantar, which, the JD(U) said, steered clear of personal attacks on the Bihar
This was the first time the party reached out to the Congress after Mr Kumar ended the Grand Alliance in Bihar last July to head a new
government in partnership with the BJP
In the power corridors of Patna, the gesture is seen as the upset party's message to ally BJP.The huge protest at Jantar Mantar over the
Muzaffarpur child rapes was an initiative of Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav, meant to discredit Mr Kumar's government, during which
he and many other speakers had called for the Chief Minister's resignation."If Nitish Kumar is really ashamed, he should quickly take action
Gandhi's address a "measured and balanced speech" and said the "stern action on the issue expected from Nitish-ji is taking place and the
BJP.A buzz about the tension between Nitish Kumar and the BJP had spiked last month over seat sharing in the coming elections, prompting a
drooling" about infighting as nothing of the sort would happen
The parties, he said, will contest together and win all 40 seats in the state.Sources in the Congress said Rahul Gandhi had avoided singling
but was also caught leveling baseless allegations.One instance of that was when the Bihar leader of opposition said Brajesh Thakur's name
was not in the FIR - an allegation that flew in face of facts
He also alleged that a key witness in the case was forced to run away - which was not the case
Only one child, a speech impaired seven-year-old had done so and she was not a witness in the case, the police had said.
