People won't forgive if we accept Nitish back: Tejashwi
New Delhi, Sep 16 : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said that the people will not forgive his party if it accepted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar back into the Grand Alliance.
"Nitish Kumar has no credibility. There is no guarantee that he will not ditch us again. I think the people will not forgive us if we accepted him back now," Tejashwi said at the NDTV youth conclave here.
He said that his "sources" have told him that "chacha" (Nitish Kumar) was very "troubled" in his alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and may take a political U-turn again.
"But he will not say it openly. He will try to stage it as if it is Lalu Yadav who needs him back and not the other way around," the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar said.
Asked if he would like Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) to rejoin the anti-BJP alliance, Tejashwi said it was for the LJP to decide.
"I have respect for them (Ram Vilas and his son Chirag). One thing is that he (Paswan) has never betrayed my father's trust. Whenever his equations did not match and he decided to go his way, he has done it openly and after duly informing."
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
