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The Congress, RJD and other parties of the INDIA bloc on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "betraying" the opposition alliance ahead of Lok Sabha elections after he joined hands with the BJP, with some even calling him a "chameleon" and "Paltu Ram" for frequently changing sides..
The parties warned that the people of Bihar will give a "befitting reply" to Kumar and the BJP, and his former deputy and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed that JD(U) is all set to be "finished" in Lok Sabha polls...
The BJP, however, said its alliance with Kumar was "natural" and asserted that the "double engine government" of the NDA would benefit Bihar..
Leaders of the Congress, RJD, DMK, JMM, TMC, CPI(ML)-L and AAP attacked Kumar after the INDIA bloc received a major setback with his stunning volte face, less than 18 months after he parted ways with the BJP and formed the 'Mahagathbandhan' government in Bihar...
The people will give a befitting reply to such political opportunism," Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy said.. Kumar on Sunday announced that he was leaving the 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance which includes RJD, Congress and Left parties) and the INDIA bloc, of which he was the coarchitect, and was later sworn in as the chief minister of the NDA government...
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