Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) youngest leader Tejashwi Yadav has been garnering a lot of praises for his performance and that of his in Bihar Assembly polls against the ruling JD(U)-BJP alliance. NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said though the trends of Bihar by-elections results are in favour the NDA, Yadav put up a "gritty" fight.
"The trends so far are in favour of the NDA. I think we did not pay attention to the Bihar election. We (NCP) did not contest because we felt that young leadership in the form of Tejashwi Yadav should come forward," Pawar told reporters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had campaigned for the NDA, he noted.
"We did not get desired results in the Bihar election. There are some reasons for it. What I saw in the entire campaign was that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself took a lot of interest in the election.
"On one side there was a young, inexperienced person like Tejashwi and on the other side, there was a person who was chief minister of Gujarat for several years and is now prime minister for the second term. And there was Nitish Kumar who has also been chief minister for several years," said Pawar.
Irrespective of the number of seats the Grand Alliance led by the RJD gets, it is a "good achievement" and it will give inspiration to the young generation, Pawar added.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said Tejashwi has emerged as the “hero” of Bihar Assembly elections. “The way Tejashwi fought the elections against the might of BJP and JD(U) is admirable. Tejashwi is the real man of the match of Bihar elections….,” he said.
Former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said Tejashwi has shown maturity and a fighting spirit, which is inspirational. “He is young but comes across as a mature leader. He led the Mahagathbandhan from the front,” said the Congress leader.
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