Faced with mounting attack by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal for "failing" to avert the terror strike at the Mahabodhi temple despite specific warnings of intelligence agencies, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday alleged that both parties have joined hands in their "desperation" for power.
"Both have joined hands. The unity of the BJP and the RJD is visible....Our one step (parting ways from BJP) has exposed everybody. They can go to any extent in their desperation for power. The blasts in Mahabodhi temple is an occassion when there should not have been any divide. Everybody should face this challenge together.
"But what is happening? People are raising slogans when I am going to the temple? Who are these people? This is frustration borne out after going out of power," Kumar told mediapersons in Patna.
The Bihar chief minister also alleged that talks between two parties are going internally and "not at lower level."
"Talks are going on about seat adjustments. Both will do many things together some directly and some indirectly. After going out of power, what kind of people they (the BJP) are ready to make compromises with," Kumar said responding to questions.
While RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday sought a probe into whether intelligence inputs were ignored, BJP's Prakash Javadekar said that it was a serious issue that Central agencies had warned about this attack and given specific inputs that Bodh Gaya would be attacked and still no proper arrangements were made by the state government.
Kumar said that the serial blast at the Mahabodhi Temple is an incident, which required a show of unity at the social as well as political levels.
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