‘Made Him CM Twice’: Tejashwi Yadav's Comeback For Nitish’s ‘I Made Lalu’ Jab

Last Updated:March 06, 2025, 09:26 IST

Tejashwi Yadav countered that his father, Lalu Yadav, had already been elected as an MLA twice and an MP before Nitish Kumar's rise to power

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav responded to Nitish Kumar’s ‘made your father Lalu Yadav’ jab and said he had helped the Bihar chief minister twice to save his post and prevent JDU’s disintegration. He also accused Nitish Kumar of distorting facts.

Tejashwi Yadav countered that his father, Lalu Yadav, had already been elected as an MLA twice and an MP before Nitish Kumar’s rise to power. He also reminded Nitish Kumar that Lalu Yadav had played a significant role in making several Prime Ministers.

“Yesterday, Nitish Kumar said in the Assembly that he made Lalu Yadav the Chief Minister. Forget about what Nitish Kumar says…But Nitish Kumar should remember that even before him, my father had already been elected as an MLA twice and once as an MP. Forget about Lalu Yadav, Lalu Ji has made many Prime Ministers. It was me who made him (Nitish Kumar) CM twice and saved his party…," said Tejashwi.

Lalu Prasad Yadav first became an MLA in 1980 when he was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Sonepur constituency as a candidate of the Janata Party. While Nitish Kumar got elected as an MLA in 1985.

The RJD leader also took a jibe at Nitish Kumar, describing him as a “tired Chief Minister" surrounded by retired officers. “There is a tired Chief Minister with retired officers in the state," he said.

He also questioned his narrative of Bihar’s history before 2005. Tejashwi called Kumar “creator of the Universe" and said “the world came into existence only after 2005".

“Yesterday, Nitish Kumar said in the Assembly that he made Lalu Yadav the Chief Minister. Forget about what Nitish Kumar says…he is the creator of the Universe, and the world came into existence only after 2005," he said while speaking to reporters in Patna.

Addressing a rally in Patna, he said, “Now we don’t want an inefficient government. The retirement age is 60 years. Do you want a 75-year-old chief minister?… Now the time has come; we have to take Bihar forward with a new vehicle, not with ‘khatara gaadi’…"

Yesterday, during his speech in the Bihar Assembly, Nitish Kumar asserted that he played a “key role" in shaping the political career of Tejashwi’s father, former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav.

What Nitish Kumar Said?

Bihar Assembly on Tuesday witnessed a fiery verbal exchange between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday where the former asserted that he is responsible for the political stature of Tejashwi’s father, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Kumar further invoked the past records of the RJD tenure from 1994 to 2005.

While taking a dig at Yadav in his speech, the Chief Minister said, “What was there in Bihar earlier? It was me who made your father what he became. Even the people from your caste were asking me why I was doing this, but I still supported him."

“We came here on November 24, 2005. I want to say what kind of situation was there at that time. Nobody would go out in the evening. No road was there. I was a minister in the Centre, we had to go to places on foot. There used to be many confrontations in society," he added.

News politics ‘Made Him CM Twice’: Tejashwi Yadav's Comeback For Nitish’s ‘I Made Lalu’ Jab