North India Statesman
News India Live, Digital Desk: The political ground for assembly elections 2025 in Bihar has already started heating up. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has started a new debate by raising the issue of Muslim Deputy CM, on which now RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has given a sharp reaction. Tejashwi has launched a strong attack on Owaisi, calling his demand a direct agenda of BJP.
What question did Owaisi raise?
Recently, Asaduddin Owaisi had targeted those parties which call themselves secular and take votes of Muslims. He had asked why no Muslim Deputy Chief Minister has been made in Bihar till now? This statement of Owaisi was a direct political attack on parties like RJD and Congress, a major vote bank of which is the Muslim community.
Tejashwi gave a befitting reply
When journalists asked Tejashwi Yadav a question on this demand of Owaisi, he gave a different direction to the issue. Tejashwi said that Asaduddin Owaisi speaks the same language which BJP leaders, especially Giriraj Singh, want.
Tejashwi said, “You people know for whom he (Owaisi) works… His words have no meaning. Owaisi ji says whatever Giriraj Singh wants. There is no truth in these things.”
In simple words, Tejashwi once again termed Owaisi as BJP’s ‘B-team’ and alleged that Owaisi is actually benefiting BJP by raising such issues.
Giriraj Singh also jumped into the debate
After Tejashwi’s statement, Union Minister and BJP’s firebrand leader Giriraj Singh also reacted to it. Taking a jibe at Tejashwi, he said that RJD and Congress have always considered Muslims only as a ‘vote market’ and never gave them any major political stake.
What is the political meaning of this rhetoric?
This rhetoric has a very deep significance in the politics of Bihar.
- Owaisi’s effort: AIMIM has strengthened its hold in Seemanchal area of Bihar. Now Owaisi is trying to make a bigger dent in RJD’s Muslim vote bank by raising the emotional issue of ‘Muslim Deputy CM’.
- Tejaswi’s strategy: Tejashwi Yadav understands this. Therefore, instead of giving a direct answer to Owaisi’s question, he called Owaisi an agent of BJP so that no confusion is created in the Muslim vote bank and he remains with RJD.
- BJP’s advantage: BJP is watching this entire game. The greater the fragmentation of ‘secular’ votes, the greater the advantage BJP will get.
As Bihar elections approach, such rhetoric will intensify. But at present, this issue of Muslim Deputy CM has definitely brought a new boil in the politics of Bihar.
