'Help dislodge BJP from power in Bihar': Tej Pratap makes 'special appeal' to Dipke
Tej Pratap Yadav, leader of the Janshakti Janata Dal, has publicly invited Abhijeet Dipke of the Cockroach Janata Party to Bihar to organize a movement against the state's BJP-led government. This call to action follows Yadav's detention during a protest and Dipke's indication that his party plans to hold future events in Patna.
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The alliance signals a potential shift in Bihar's opposition landscape as fringe political groups attempt to capitalize on public dissatisfaction with the current state administration.
NEW DELHI: Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday appealed to Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke to visit Bihar and help launch a movement against the BJP-led state government headed by Samrat Choudhary.The appeal came shortly after the CJP withdrew its protest in Delhi following the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged NEET paper leak.In a post on social media, Yadav said, "I, Tej Pratap Yadav, make this special appeal to Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janata Party, that he come immediately to the land of Bihar."Yadav, who floated the Janshakti Janata Dal after being expelled from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) by his father Lalu Prasad, made the appeal hours after he was detained by police while supporting a Bihar bandh called by Left-wing students' unions.Referring to the "current political situation" in Bihar, Yadav said there was a need for…
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