Ahead of oppn meet, Tejashwi sidesteps query on ordinance

Press Trust of India

Patna

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has sidestepped queries on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal making a pitch for keeping the contentious central ordinance on top of the agenda of the June 23 opposition meet. The RJD leader also said, “This is not the first meeting of opposition leaders nor is it going to be the last. Leaders of different hues have agreed to meet and they will all raise issues that they feel strongly about. There is no problem with that”.

He was responding to queries from journalists, late in the evening on Wednesday, on the statement by the Aam Aadmi Party chief, who has been galvanising regional leaders in support of his fight against the ordinance that brings Delhi's bureaucracy under the control of the Lieutenant General, who is an appointee of the Centre.

It is being speculated that the Delhi CM has sought to throw a bait for the Congress, which has so far avoided supporting him on the issue. Yadav also mocked the slogan “aayega to Modi hi” that the BJP often raises, to assert that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return to power for a third term was inevitable.

“They (BJP) seem to have forgotten that nothing is permanent. Nobody is immortal. We ruled the state but then came a time when we had to sit in the opposition,” said the RJD leader.