A day after taking oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday took a pod shot at Central government and invites probe agencies including Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax Department to open their office inside his residence in Patna and investigate whatever they want.
"We have no objection with it," Yadav said during his Delhi visit to take the blessings of his father Lalu Prasad.
"We want the people of ED, CBI, Income Tax to open the offices inside my house. Still, if they would not get peace then what can I do? We have no objection with whatever they want to investigate against us," Tejashwi said while speaking to reporters in the national capital earlier in the day.
On Wednesday, Tejashwi was sworn-in as Dy CM of Bihar a day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar snapped ties with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and once again forged alliance with JDU-RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan in the state.
"During 18-month tenure as a deputy chief minister of Bihar, there was not a single charge of corruption on me. We have 18 ministers under the RJD quota and none of them were involved in any kind of corruption case," news agency IANS quoted Tejashwi as saying.
"BJP has only one modus operandi to create fear through CBI, ED, Income Tax and if any leader is scared of. If anyone is ready for horse-trading, fix the rate and buy it," Tejashwi said.
"After the formation of a new government in Bihar, it brings a smile on the faces of common people not only in the cities but in villages, Panchayats and blocks. We are committed to form a government with the motive of 'Dawai, Sichai, Padhai, Kamai, Sunwai and Karwayi'. Once the government passes the vote of trust in the Bihar assembly, we will give jobs to every hand in Bihar," Tejashwi said.
Earlier in the day, CM Nitish called his first cabinet meeting after forming the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar. In the meeting with Tejashwi, Nitish passed a proposal to call a special session of the Assembly on August 24 - for him to prove his majority - and the Legislative Council on August 25.
On Wednesday, Nitish took oath as Bihar CM for the eighth time during a swearing-in ceremony was held in the Rajendra Mandapam of the Raj Bhawan in Patna.
Nitish became the Chief Minister of Bihar for the first time in March 2000, followed by taking oath as CM in November 2005, November 2010, February 2015, November 2015, July 2017, November 2020 and August 10, 2022.