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Days after quitting the grand alliance in Bihar, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday questioned the “secular credentials” of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying he enjoyed power with the BJP for nearly 12 years and then changed his stand.
With this, Yadav also put to rest speculations that the Samajwadi Party may once again join the JD(U)-RJD-Congress grand alliance to contest the Bihar Assembly elections.
The SP had only last week decided to quit the grand alliance in Bihar over seat-sharing issues. Questioning Kumar’s “secular credentials”, Yadav said that the JD(U) leader “easily” changed friends and allies, having enjoyed the support of BJP till recently.
On the other hand, Yadav said, his party has always opposed the BJP. “Look at what is happening in Bihar. SP has always consistently opposed BJP...then who is secular? People who ran government with BJP’s support for 12 years? Now they are secular all of a sudden,” Yadav said while addressing a conclave of his party’s women’s wing.
Bihar SP president Ramchandra Singh Yadav had said on Monday that the party will contest all 243 seats alone.
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