Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a 'chameleon', 'expert' of betrayal: Congress

The Congress party launched a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal U president Nitish Kumar labeling him a chameleon and asserting that the people of the state will not forgive this expert in betrayal along with those manipulating himThe criticism comes in response to Kumars decision to resign as the chief minister of Bihar breaking away from the Mahagathbandhan grand alliance in the state and dealing a significant blow to the opposition INDIA allianceDubbing him as Aaya Ram Gaya Ram the Congress said there are many people like him in the country The expression was used widely in politics in the 90s referring to the frequent floorcrossing and switching of parties newswire PTI reportedCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge said they already knew about Kumars decision to leave the alliance but had not said anything to help keep the INDIA bloc togetherThere are many people like Aaya Ram Gaya Ram in the country Earlier he and I were fighting together When I talked to RJD chief Lalu Prasad ji and his son Tejashwi Yadav ji they also said that Nitish is going he saidThe Congress president said if Kumar wanted to stay he would have stayedTherefore we already knew this but we did not say anything in order to keep the INDIA bloc intact If we say something wrong a wrong message will go out Lalu Prasad Yadav ji and Tejashwi Yadav ji had already given us this information Today it has become true Kharge saidAfter severing ties with the BJP in 2022 Kumar had embarked on a drive to bring together all parties across the country to take on the BJP and that culminated in the formation of opposition bloc INDIALashing out at Kumar Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said it is clear that a political drama is being created in order to divert attention from the partys Bharat Jodo Nyay YatraHe said it is clear that the prime minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are scared of the yatra being undertaken by Rahul Gandhi which is set to enter Bihar soonThe ManipurtoMaharashtra Nyay Yatra began on January 14 and has traversed through Manipur Nagaland Assam and West Bengal It will culminate in Mumbai on March 20 or 21In a post on X in Hindi Ramesh said Nitish Kumar who frequently changes political partners is giving a tough competition to chameleons in changing coloursThe people of Bihar will not forgive this expert of betrayal and those who are making him dance to their tunes he saidIt is quite clear that the prime minister and the BJP are scared of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and this political drama has been created to divert attention from it he saidRamesh said the INDIA bloc is strong There are a few speedbreakers here and there but we will unitedly fight against the BJP and all parties like DMK NCP TMC and SP will fight it together he asserted On the development related to Kumar Ramesh claimed that this will not have any impact on the Nyay Yatra and the INDIA bloc will be further strengthened as TMC supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has herself said thisThis will further upset the people and I think the people of Bihar will teach the right lesson to Nitish Kumar and the BJP in the electionThis is an ideological battle he saidThis will be the headlines for a day or two and it does not look good on Nitish Kumar who had himself called the first meeting of the INDIA bloc in Patna and then attended all other meetings of the opposition alliance Ramesh saidBut like I said Nitish Kumar gives a tough competition to chameleons he said With inputs from PTI