By declaring Tejashwi as its face, INDIA bloc gave up little probability it had: Chirag

Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) mentioned the naming of RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav because the chief ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc has revived reminiscences of “jungle raj” in Bihar.

Mr. Paswan mentioned the transfer has taken away even “a sliver of a chance” the opposition alliance had within the upcoming Bihar meeting elections.

The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief made the comment whereas responding to questions from journalists about Mr. Yadav’s jibe on the NDA’s alleged incapacity to call its personal CM candidate.

The Hajipur MP mentioned, “How many times does it need to be said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the NDA’s face. When Union Home Minister Amit Shah simply spoke about the due procedure, the opposition is twisting that out of context”.

Mr. Shah, the BJP’s principal strategist, was lately requested whether or not he may affirm that Kumar, who heads the JD(U), will proceed because the chief minister, regardless of age-related well being points, if the NDA gained the polls.

Mr. Shah had replied, “Who am I to say so? Yes, we are contesting the polls under Nitish Kumar’s leadership. After the elections, who would be the CM is a decision that NDA legislators shall jointly take”.

This has led to speculations in a bit of the media that the BJP, which has not headed a authorities in Bihar to date, was having second ideas on the JD(U) supremo.

Mr. Paswan skilled his weapons at Mr. Yadav, saying “By mistake, and under pressure from his party, he has been named as CM candidate and he is behaving as if he is already the CM. The reason why Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had been refraining from doing so was that he is aware that as soon as the RJD leader is projected, people will start recalling the jungle raj and recoil in fear”.

“So, by naming him (Yadav) the CM, the INDIA bloc has given up the half per cent chance it might have had. And what do they hope to gain by promising Mukesh Sahni the Deputy CM’s post? The way he has been coerced into submission by the RJD is not lost on his Nishad community”, alleged Paswan.

He additionally chuckled on the assertion of RJD common secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui that Yadav has an extended option to go earlier than he might be known as “Jan Nayak”, an epithet related to Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur.

Mr. Paswan mentioned, “To call oneself a hero of the people betrays utter lack of humility. No wonder, it has triggered resentment in his own party. He is yet to make a mark for himself. The legacy that he carries (of father and RJD president Lalu Prasad) is all about jungle raj”.