Sharad protecting dynasticism of a family, in the name of shared heritage: Nitish

Patna, Oct 9: Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar today said estranged party leader Sharad Yadav was no more on path of socialism and instead he was actively protecting dynasticism and corruption of a particular family in the name of conserving shared heritage and culture. Mr Kumar, after Lok Samvad programme organised at his official residence 1, Anne Marg, told media persons here, that Mr Yadav was no more following the path of socialism and he was now engaged in protecting dynasticism of a particular political family in Bihar, in the name of conserving shared heritage and culture of the country. The Chief Minister also took pot-shot at Mr Yadav for the claims that his faction was real JD(U), saying Election Commission had rejected their petitions in this connection on two occasions. Organisational elections in JD(U) were held as per constitution of the party and Election Commission was also informed in this regard, he said adding that his party had submitted all relevant documents with affidavits to the apex election body while the camp of Mr Yadav was still struggling to provide documents sought by the EC. Mr Kumar said his decision to snap ties with grand alliance and join hands with NDA, was taken in the interest of Bihar. During the last two months, both his government and the Central government were working in tandem with each other for development of Bihar, he maintained. All works were being done in the spirit of decentralisation, which was the essence of teachings of Ram Manohar Lohiya and Jai Prakash Narain, he pointed out. UNI