Criminals of Bihar

Taslimuddin to join JD(U), finally

Patna,(BiharTimes): Controversial former Union minister of state for home affairs Taslimuddin has finally got the green signal to join the Janata Dal (United).

On Wednesday he announced his decision to join the party when the chief minister Nitish Kumar visits Kishanganj in the first week of July.

Taslimuddin quit the RJD in August last and announced his plan to join the Janata Dal United on September 30.
However, the rout of the Janata Dal United in the by-election for 18 assembly seats in September stalled his plan. There was much hue and cry in the party over his joining of the Janata Dal United. His past record was cited by many as a reason to oppose his entry. After all it was Nitish Kumar, who earlier talked about re-opening of his old cases.

In contrast many in the RJD then felt it was good riddance for the party as Taslimuddin had become unpopular and too old and irrelevant. However, on Wednesday he once again announced his plan to join the Janata Dal (United) and ensure the defeat of the RJD-LJP combine and Congress in the state.

As an RJD candidate in the last Lok Sabha election he lost to Maulana Asrar-ul-Haque of Congress. In fact he was pushed to the third position.

After Shyam Rajak and Arun Kumar he would be the third important leader who lost the last Lok Sabha election yet got entry into the Janata Dal (United).

Political observers are of the view that in the autumn of his life Taslimuddin would be a liability for the Janata Dal United. Congress MP Maulana Asrar-ul-Haque and RJD MLA from Kishanganj, Akhtar-ul-Iman have grown in stature considerably. They both are Surjapuri, and are men of clean image while Taslimuddin is a Kulhaiya

This exposes the true colour of Nitish Kumar.
His fight against criminals, it seems, is all sham.
He is only after criminals who are in the opposition.
If they are in his party, they suddenly become honest, God-fearing gentlemen.
Talk about double standards?