RJD Tejashwi Yadav slams CM Nitish for changing party every year

Patna, April 7: Bihar Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for forming four governments in as many years, saying he played with people's mandate.

"Four governments in four years can't be a mistake... It's playing with the mandate of the people of Bihar," said Tejashwi -- a RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister -- taunting Nitish Kumar without taking his name.

Every time he played with the people's mandate, he called it an achivement, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader told the media.

According to him, Nitish Kumar dumped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2013 and formed the government with the support of the RJD and the Congress.

After that, in 2014, Nitish Kumar resigned following a humiliating defeat of his party Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in the Lok Sabha elections, and appointed a Dalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi as the Chief Minister. But again Nitish Kumar replaced him and became the Chief Minister.