However, Yadav called upon Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to withdraw support to the NDA, saying the BJP government in UP stopped ‘Samajwadis’ from paying tributes to JP, as JD(U) chief owed his political emergence to the JP movement.However, hours after Akhilesh’s statement asking Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to ‘quit’ the BJP-led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), KC Tyagi, a senior member of the Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) responded by saying it was Yadav who should call off his alliance with the Congress because of what happened during the Emergency.“The movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan was against the ‘dictatorship’ of the Congress. Emergency was imposed on June 25 (1975). There was no freedom of expression. Akhilesh Yadav’s remark is inappropriate…I want to remind him both his father (Mulayam Singh Yadav) and Nitish Kumar were jailed during the Emergency. He should end his partnership with a party that curtailed people’s freedom and violated all democratic norms,” Tyagi said.Meanwhile, Yadav slammed the BJP government, saying it was hiding something, which was why he was stopped from visiting JPNIC. “It is a conspiracy to sell the world-class building.” He added that JPNIC was opened to the public but the work on it remains incomplete. “I have heard they have even paid an additional Rs 70 crore to their preferred builder, yet the work remains incomplete,” alleged Akhilesh Yadav while interacting with media persons.
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