‘Aaya Kumar, Gaya Kumar’: Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh Takes A Dig At Nitish Kumar

Day after the JD(U) leader’s most recent backflip in Bihar, the Congress targeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday with yet another chameleon jab and ‘aaya Kumar, gaya Kumar’ taunt.

With the excuse that “things were not working well” for him in the Mahagathbandhan, or grand alliance, and the opposition bloc INDIA, Kumar resigned as chief minister of Bihar on Sunday. He then formed a new government with the BJP, which he had left less than 18 months before.

In a post in Hindi on ‘X’, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “Girgit ko bhi karni padi naye rang ki khoj, ye shoorveer badalte hain itne rang roz (Even the chameleon had to search for a new colour as these ‘warriors’ change so many colours everyday).”

While speaking to reporters during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Ramesh said, “What can I say? I said yesterday ‘aaya Kumar, gaya Kumar’. Nitish Kumar gives a tough competition to a chameleon.”

The term “aaya Ram gaya Ram,” was frequently used in politics in the 1990s to refer party switching and floor-crossing which Congress leaders used as jibe.

According to Ramesh, Kumar frequently resigns and changes his “political colours”.

The head of the Congress said that although Kumar attended three INDIA bloc meetings, he made no hint that he intended to “betray” the opposition.

“He (Kumar) has betrayed us. At the right time, people of Bihar will give a befitting response to him and the one who makes him dance to his tunes, the prime minister,” Ramesh said.

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