Governor should invite us to form the government first: Tejashwi Yadav

Tejashwi said since RJD is the largest political party in Bihar, they must be invited first to form the government as per rules.

"The Governor said he has already given a letter for the government formation but he has a historic chance to reverse that and earn the respect of the people of Bihar and India," said the Yadav scion.

In a new turn in the unfolding political drama in Bihar, RJD leader and deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday marched to Raj Bhavan after former Chief Minister of the state Nitish Kumar stitched an alliance with the BJP to form the government.

Tejashwi was accompanied by large number of RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) leaders as well as Congress members.

The RJD leader referred to Nitish's stepping down as the CM and stitching an alliance with the BJP as "preplanned".

"I was being used as a tool by Nitish ji (Nitish Kumar) to strike an alliance with the BJP" the former Deputy CM said.

Within few hours of stepping down as the Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar stitched an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday late evening.

Reports suggested that BJP will extend their support to Nitish-led JD(U) to form the government in the state.

Nitish Kumar stepped down from the position after he met Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi in the evening.

His resignation ended the grand alliance which had formed the government in the state after winning the 2015 Assembly polls.

Kumar said he was resigning as the Bihar CM in the interest of the state.

The rift between Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad of RJD had reached a flashpoint over corruption issue and earlier deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and his father Lalu Yadav had ruled out resignation of Tejashwi over a CBI probe arguing that a fake case was filed against him.

The move of Nitish came at  a time when the state government was facing tremendous challenges with the ruling RJD and JD(U) locked in a conflict over the issue of Tejashwi Yadav's resignation.

Attacking the former Bihar CM, Tejashwi said: "Nitish ji (Nitish Kumar) betrayed the mandate of the people. He must apologise to them."

In 2015, the grand alliance formed by JD(U), RJD and Congress was voted to power in the state.

Meanwhile, the swearing-in ceremony of the CM has been preponed to 10 am on Thursday, which was earlier scheduled at 5 pm.

Along with Nitish, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi will take oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar on Thursday morning.

Image: Official Facebook page of Tejashwi Yadav.