Patna,(BiharTimes): Accusing the BJP, especially its leader Sushil Kumar Modi, of fishing in the troubled waters of the Janata Dal (United) Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Pappu Yadav on Sunday said that no effort whatsoever should be made to disturb chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi till the next Assembly election. In the same breath he added that it would not be wrong if Nitish Kumar is made the chief minister once again after the election.

Talking to the media he asked the RJD leadership to name a Muslim as the deputy chief minister if any such proposals are under consideration. He even suggested the name of the leader of RJD in the state Assembly, Abdul Bari Siddiqui.

Pappu urged JD(U) leaders Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav to come forward and rein in the party spokesmen. If this is not done immediately and Manjhi is removed from his post the new merged party would have to pay a heavy price in the next Assembly election, he warned.

“How can they (JD-U leadership) challenge through spokesmen. They should rather come out openly to say something, Pappu said adding that the national president of both the parties (Sharad and Lalu Prasad) should sit and sort out the problem..

Pappu directly held the BJP responsible for the present political crisis in the JD(U). He said that the saffron party, in particular Sushil Modi, wants to weaken the forces of social justice so that his party come to power in Bihar. This would not be allowed.

Food minister Shyam Rajak, a Mahadalit and till now a Nitish- loyalist, also said that the BJP should not be in ‘mugalte’ (in the world of dream) that the present situation would help it. He said that the JD(U) is as strong as ever under the leadership of Nitish Kumar and chief ministership of Jitan Ram Manjhi.

However, Janata Dal (United) spokesman, Neeraj Kumar, asked Pappu Yadav not to interfere in his party’s affairs and concentrate within his own party. Hinting at Pappu’s past he said that the Janata Dal (United) government under Nitish Kumar established a rule of law and no interference would be tolerated.