‘Maybe gone to watch Cricket World Cup’: RJD on Tejashwi missing in Bihar

Asked about Tejashwi Yadav, RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said, “I don’t know exactly where he is. Maybe he has gone to watch the World Cup. I am not sure about it.”

RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Wednesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should resign from his post on moral grounds over the death of over 100 children Muzaffarpur due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. ((Photo Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times))

“The one who has the steering in his hands, shouldn’t he run the vehicle properly? The steering is in Chief Minister’s hands. Then who else will be held responsible for this. He (Nitish Kumar) should himself resign on the basis of morality. Since many years, they couldn’t find a cure to this disease and maintain the hospitals. Also, they didn’t fulfill whatever they promised,” Singh told ANI here.

“The state government is responsible for this. Since last 15-20 years, children have been dying because of this. But who takes note of the deaths in rural areas? Around 300-400 children have died there. Secondly, every year specialists come here but it has not been found yet why this disease is breaking out. Somebody said it is because of litchi fruit, while the other said it is because of heat wave,” he added.

Asked about RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Singh said, “I don’t know exactly where he is. Maybe he has gone to watch the World Cup. I am not sure about it.”

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