'Nitish Kumar begged for forgiveness before Lalu, Rabri, said BJP tried to...': Tejashwi Yadav

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Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. ALSO READ: 'BJP made Bharat Ratna a deal': Tejashwi Yadav ahead of Bihar floor test Breaking into the local dialect Bhojpuri, the young RJD leader said, "Nitish ji had, after begging for forgiveness, told my parents that the BJP was trying to split his party and wean away his MLAs". Kumar dumped the BJP and joined the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan in 2022.

The RJD leader added: "We were initially not very inclined towards trusting him again. But there were talks with leaders across the country, all of whom were of the opinion that in the larger interest of the fight against BJP, we should agree. So we made a sacrifice".

ALSO READ: Bihar Floor Test: Setback for Tejashwi Yadav as 3 RJD MLAs sit with ruling NDA ahead of Nitish Kumar's trust vote Calling his ex-boss "a tired Chief Minister", the RJD leader said he is proud that in just 17 months the Mahagathbandhan made him give government jobs on an unprecedented scale. "He (Kumar) had earlier mocked me by asking whether I would use my father's money to pay them salary. But I had told him that our support to his government would require him to help us fulfil the promise of 10 lakh government jobs that I had promised to the people ahead of the 2020 assembly polls," Yadav said.