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Tejashwi Yadav Dares Bihar CM Nitish Kumar To Arrest Him, RJD Calls Him 'Spineless' After Case Booked Over Protest

The case was filed against Tejashwi Yadav for holding a protest outside Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Friday without permission in view of the Covid-19 protocol. Reacting to the charges, Bihar's Leader of Opposition attacked CM Nitish Kumar by calling him "cowardly". Read on.

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav has levelled accusations against Nitish Kumar government in Bihar after a case was filed against him and 18 others for holding a protest in support of farmers' agitation without permission. ALSO READ | Farmers Continue To Protest After No Breakthrough With Centre, Next Talks On Dec 9, Bharat Bandh On Dec 8 | Key Points The case was filed against Tejashwi Yadav and 18 others as well as 500 unidentified people for holding a protest outside Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Friday without permission, in view of the Covid-19 protocol. Reacting to the charges, Bihar's Leader of Opposition attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by calling him "cowardly". "The government of Bihar, led by a cowardly chief minister, has lodged an FIR against us for raising the voice of the farmers. If you have any real power, then arrest us. If you do not, I will surrender myself. Forget about being arrested, I am ready to be hanged for farmers," he tweeted. After the case was filed against him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Epidemic Diseases Act, the RJD party criticised the NDA government for using "false pretexts".
ALSO READ | No Christmas For Hindus? Bajrang Dal Leader In Assam's Cachar Issues Threat Saying Those Who Visit Church Will Be 'Beaten' "The Bihar government has shown its two-faced character by using false and shallow pretexts to book Tejashwi Yadav for standing with the farmers and protesting in their support. For the sake of farmers, we are not scared of even a thousand such FIRs," a tweet on the party's official handle read.
Tweeting photos of BJP leaders' program, the party has accused the government of double standards while calling the Bihar CM "spineless".
"One day two pictures, two (different) rules. If Tejashwi Yadav struggles for the farmers, FIR is registered against him by making an excuse of Coronavirus. If the BJP President and Minister do a program, there is no case against them. The spineless chief minister Nitish Kumar is crossing all limits of being shameless and sly," the party's tweet read.Meanwhile, farmers' protest at bordering areas of the national capital Delhi has crossed the 10-day mark and with their demands yet to receive government's acceptance, protestors are planning to carry out Bharat Bandh on December 8.
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