Mandate in the elections was against NDA: RJD to boycott Nitish Kumar's oath-taking ceremony
Bihar main opposition party RJD on Monday said it will boycott the oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar as chief minister
Patna: Bihar main opposition party RJD on Monday said it will boycott the oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar as chief minister, claiming the mandate in the elections was "against the NDA" which has been changed by a "fraud".
Kumar is scheduled to take oath as chief minister for the seventh time in Raj Bhavan this evening.
"The RJD boycotts oath-taking ceremony of this puppet government. The mandate is for a change, and against the NDA. The peoples verdict has been changed by the rulers order," the RJD alleged in a tweet.
"Ask the unemployed, the farmer, the contract worker and teacher as to what they are going through. People are angry with NDAs fraud. We are public representatives and we stand with people," it said.
The RJD, which emerged as the single largest party in Bihar with 75 seats, also claimed the state is getting a "helpless government by the two helpless parties".
The party also took a dig at Kumar's reported remark at Sunday's NDA meeting that he did not want to become CM but was insisted by the BJP to continue in the post.
In the election results for 243 assembly seats announced on November 10, the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan lost to the four parties NDA.