The ‘grand alliance’ today released a joint list of 242 candidates for the Assembly polls with the bulk comprising OBCs and weaker sections as its CM candidate Nitish Kumar attacked the BJP for being “anti-reservation” which cannot but obey RSS “which is its Supreme Court”.
Kumar said the list had 55 per cent representation of backwards, 15 per cent SC/ST, 14 per cent Muslims and 16 per cent from the general category. A total of 25 women candidates have been given tickets, forming 10 per cent of the total, Kumar said, adding “all sections” have been represented.
The Bihar CM launched a frontal attack on the BJP and RSS. “It (RSS) wants to set up an ‘extra-constitutional body’ for the review of reservation system. As per RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s interviews to ‘Panchjanya’ and ‘Observer’, which are the mouthpieces of the Sangh, the current reservation policy is unfit and needs to a system for review,” he said.
Questioning the BJP’s stand on reservation, he said whatever the ruling party may say it cannot go against the views of the RSS. “The RSS’ view is final. Whatever the BJP might say, it has no meaning. Like when anything is decided by the SC, it is final and there is nothing after that, the same way in RSS, if the RSS chief says something then BJP has no say,” he quipped.
Fissures were out in the open in the JD-U as soon as the list was released. Supporters of JD-U legislator and Health Minister Ramdhani Singh protested as he was denied ticket.
Kumar said the list had 55 per cent representation of backwards, 15 per cent SC/ST, 14 per cent Muslims and 16 per cent from the general category. A total of 25 women candidates have been given tickets, forming 10 per cent of the total, Kumar said, adding “all sections” have been represented.
The Bihar CM launched a frontal attack on the BJP and RSS. “It (RSS) wants to set up an ‘extra-constitutional body’ for the review of reservation system. As per RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s interviews to ‘Panchjanya’ and ‘Observer’, which are the mouthpieces of the Sangh, the current reservation policy is unfit and needs to a system for review,” he said.
Questioning the BJP’s stand on reservation, he said whatever the ruling party may say it cannot go against the views of the RSS. “The RSS’ view is final. Whatever the BJP might say, it has no meaning. Like when anything is decided by the SC, it is final and there is nothing after that, the same way in RSS, if the RSS chief says something then BJP has no say,” he quipped.
Fissures were out in the open in the JD-U as soon as the list was released. Supporters of JD-U legislator and Health Minister Ramdhani Singh protested as he was denied ticket.
