New Delhi: JDU leader and Union minister RCP Singh on Thursday set tongues wagging within his party with strident criticism of the choice of Jawaharlal Nehru as the country’s prime minister, a longstanding BJP plank, and claiming that he got the top post despite enjoying little support in the Congress’ organisation and it was our “first mistake”.
The former JDU chief’s sharp take on Nehru is significant as Nitish Kumar, the party’s main face and Bihar chief minister, is not really known for holding strong views against India’s first prime minister and has in the past even praised him.
Speaking at a seminar on ‘Threat of Dynastic Political Parties to Democratic Governance”, organised by RSS-linked Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, Singh also countered the Congress’ repeated emphasis about leaders from the Gandhi family making sacrifice, saying one has to bear whatever comes with the post he or she holds. People like Bhagat Singh also made sacrifice without holding any position, he said.
A section of JDU leaders claim that Singh, the only leader of the party in the Modi government, has veered closer to BJP, with the relation between the two parties seemingly far from smooth even though both are allies in Bihar.
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