Not all well in Nitish Kumar govt? Tejaswi, Tej Pratap skip meet called by Bihar CM

Patna: It seems like not everything is well under the leadership of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The latest example was witnessed on Friday when many ministers, including state deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav, Health Minister Tej Pratap, Education Minister Ashok Chaudhary did not arrive at a cabinet meeting convened by Nitish. 

The meet was called to discuss the issue of reform in the Panchayati Raj system.

On the one hand where Nitish and RJD chief Lalu Yadav are claiming that everything is 'smooth' in the party, the recent rhetoric between the JDU-RJD leaders is portraying a different story. In the past few months, there has been intense speculation about the renewal of ties between the JD(U) and the BJP but Kumar has repeatedly dismissed such suggestions.

The absence of Yadav brothers and Education Minister and Congress leader Ashok Chaudhary from Nitish's meeting said it all.

It is also being speculated that the reason for the absence of Nitish Kumar's ministers could be to avoid media after several reports accused the Yadav brothers of indulging in several wrongdoing including obtaining a petrol pump in Patna by furnishing wrong information. 

Earlier, in a series of allegations against Lalu Prasad’s family, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi had spoken about the allotment of petrol pump to Tej Pratap Yadav. In 2012, Yadav had applied for the petrol pump. The pump was commissioned to M/S Lara Automobiles on February 27 this year, of which Tej Pratap was the proprietor.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has asked for Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav's response regarding an alleged illegal petrol pump acquisition, and a show cause has been served for the same. 

The show cause gave 15 days time to him, from the date of receipt, to submit a reply. 

According to the complainant, Yadav had falsely declared in his application that he has land in his name for the retail allotment whereas the real owner of the said land is M/S A K Infosystems "who had never given land on lease to you (Tej Pratap)".