“In the months leading up to the Bihar election, hard-liners in the B.J.P. and organizations affiliated with the party stoked India’s long-simmering sectarian tensions”, the editorial said, noting that his party’s lawmakers pushed for beef bans around the country ostensibly to protect the cow, but really as a ploy to divide Hindus and Muslims.
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“The Bihar debacle is the collective responsibility of the party and not of any individual”.
“Bihar and JD(U) had supported this in the Lower House…If Nitish Kumar, as a responsible leader, has been elected on the plank of development, then certainly he wants more revenue for Bihar”, Jaitley said.
Stating that the BJP Parliamentary Board had a detailed discussion yesterday on the results of Bihar Assembly polls, the statement said the party will discuss this matter on various other forums including with senior leaders and attempt to overcome the shortcomings that led to the adverse verdict in the state.
“We gave a commitment to the people of Bihar about the implementation of the seven-point programme”. On whether he would talk to Nitish Kumar for supporting GST, he said, “I don’t see any reason, why just because he is in alliance with the Congress at the moment, he will…change his position”.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd as he arrives for an election rally in Aurangabad in Bihar on October 9, 2015. But when people went to Modi looking for a prime minister, they found a Lalu in him. It’s not a party of any leader. Ever since RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comment came on the need to have a rethink of caste-based reservation, BJP knew it was doomed. “BJP was winning the election before this remark was made”. But, one can make up for the losses by humbly admitting to the mistakes. And the president of the B.J.P., Amit Shah, one of Mr. Modi’s closest advisers, told voters that a victory for the alliance would be celebrated in Pakistan…
