Bihar elections 2025: Owaisi slams Tejashwi for not naming Muslim Deputy CM candidate ahead of polls

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. Filepic

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday seemed speechless after criticism was meted out by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi against the Mahagathbandhan. The AIMIM chief implied that a Muslim face could have been announced as the Deputy Chief Ministerial candidate from the Mahagathbandhan.

Tejashwi Yadav, who has been named as the Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, said, "Leave it. What can I say about it?"

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was responding to a question seeking a response on a jibe taken by Owaisi earlier, where the latter said that if Mahagathbandhan can promise a Deputy CM post to a person whose community represents only three per cent of the population, why can't a Muslim become Deputy CM, a community that represents 17 per cent?

Speaking to the media, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav refused to respond to Owaisi's remarks, who kicked off his campaign in Bihar on Tuesday.

Tejashwi Yadav further asserted that the opposition Mahagathbandhan's announcements made in a press conference yesterday were "pledges" that would be fulfilled once it comes to power.

Mahagathbandhan's CM candidate for the Bihar elections, Tejashwi Yadav, said, "The announcements we made yesterday are our pledge. We will fulfil it together. And we've also made some major announcements. We will also work to implement the OPS (Old Pension Scheme). Especially for journalists, division-wise press clubs will be established. And after that, we will work to build journalist hostels," as cited by news agency ANI.

Tejashwi further added that, "Regarding the transfers and postings of all government employees, whether they are policemen, nurses, or teachers, we will ensure that they are transferred and posted within a 70-kilometre radius," as cited by news agency ANI.

Slamming the Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Tejashwi Yadav further said, "The amount of work we did in those 17, 18 months is something Giriraj Singh hasn't done in his lifetime."

Yadav was responding to Singh's statement alleging that the former failed to fulfil promises when he was the Deputy CM of Bihar.

The Mahagathbandhan released its manifesto on Tuesday, titled 'Bihar Ka Tejashwi Pran', promising to pass a law within 20 days of forming the government to provide government jobs to one member of every family in the state.

(With inputs from ANI)