JD(U) issues an ‘Emergency’ reminder following Akhilesh Yadav’s request for Nitish Kumar to retract support for the BJP. On Friday, the UP Police prevented Akhilesh Yadav from attending the memorial of Jai Prakash Narayan in commemoration of the national icon’s 122nd birth anniversary.
Following Akhilesh Yadav’s call for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to resign from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), KC Tyagi, a prominent figure in Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), responded on Friday by suggesting that it is Yadav who ought to sever ties with the Congress, referencing events from the Emergency period. Yadav’s comments were made while he was addressing his Samajwadi Party members outside his residence in Lucknow, after the Uttar Pradesh Police prevented him from visiting the memorial of Jai Prakash Narayan on the occasion of the national icon’s 122nd birth anniversary.