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Taslimiddin quits Nitish's JD-U, joins
Lalu's RJD
Tuesday November 06, 2012 10:02:23 PM,
IANS
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Patna: Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and former central minister
Mohammad Taslimuddin quit Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party and
joined the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led by Lalu
Prasad here Tuesday.
After questioning Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's agenda of
development and good governance, Taslimuddin announced at a press
meet here that he joined the RJD. He was accompanied by Lalu
Prasad.
Taslimuddin said Nitish Kumar was neither a "development man" nor
a "good governance man" and that under his rule, development and
good governance have become a farce.
"There is no truth that Bihar is developing fast and that Nitish
Kumar has established law and order in the state," Taslimuddin
said.
"(Nitish) Kumar is 100 percent untruthful. He did not fulfil
promises made to me for development of Seemanchal districts
comprising of Kishanganj, Araria and Purnia," Taslimuddin said.
Taslimuddin, a four-time Lok Sabha member from Kishanganj who lost
the last general elections to Congress candidate Mohammad Asrarul
Haque, alleged that Nitish Kumar's government was neglecting the
development of the Seemanchal region.
Taslimuddin is the third leader to revolt against Nitish Kumar.
Earlier, BJP MP from Purnia Uday Singh and JD(U) MLA Chhedi Paswan
had spoken out against the state government.
Taslimuddin had served as union minister of state for home in the
H.D. Deve Gowda ministry and as minister of state in the food
ministry in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) I.
He switched over to the JD-U from the RJD in May 2010.
His son Sarfaraz Alam is a JD-U legislator from Jokihat in Araria
district.
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