bjp: Cross-voting in Bihar during presidential polls signals resentment against Tejashwi Yadav: BJP

Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal has claimed that “resentment” towards Chief of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav obtained mirrored within the presidential polls whereby Droupadi Murmu obtained extra votes than the quantity NDA had in its kitty. Jaiswal, who didn’t point out Yadav by title, accused the RJD chief of treating his supporters, particularly these from his personal caste, as “vassals”.

“Our efficient energy within the meeting was 125, as considered one of our MLAs couldn’t vote. Murmu was supported by 133 members. That is proof of cross-voting on a considerable scale,” Jaiswal stated on Friday.

The BJP chief stated this was due to resentment within the Opposition camp towards their chief who thought-about all his supporters as “his personal halwaha, charwaha” (vassals).

In an obvious reference to Yadav’s latest declare that Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai had as soon as expressed the will to hitch RJD, Jaiswal stated, “He can not brook any member of Yadav neighborhood making it on his personal. Such Yadavs grow to be the goal of his smear marketing campaign.”

Jaiswal, who’s a Lok Sabha MP, additionally mocked Yadav for flaunting RJD’s energy within the 243-strong meeting.

“Now we have many leaders who’re extra skilled and competent than he’s. However he has the temerity to look down upon us simply because he gained 75 seats, out of greater than 150 he fought. We had contested solely 110 seats and we gained 74,” stated Jaiswal.

The BJP’s energy now has risen to 77 with three members of expelled state minister Mukesh Sahani’s Vikassheel Insaaan Celebration (VIP) having jumped ship.

The RJD stays the single-largest occasion within the meeting with 80 MLAs, having wrested one seat from VIP in a by-poll and weaned away all however one of many 5 members of Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM.