Rahul Gandhi Says 'People Will Do Anything For Power'

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On Nitish Kumar Stung by Nitish Kumar's political switch just days after their meeting, Rahul Gandhi today sneered that people do anything for power. 

"This is the problem with Indian politics...people will do anything for their personal gains. Satta ke liye kuch bhi kar dete hain (they do anything for power)," said the Congress Vice President, who was assigned the task of managing the mercurial Bihar leader. 

 Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time today after a dramatic reunion with the BJP, a party he had snapped ties with over the elevation of Narendra Modi as its top face before the 2014 national election. 

Last evening, he resigned abruptly and torpedoed the mahagatbandhan or grand coalition he had formed with Lalu Yadav and the Congress after winning the Bihar election in 2015.

 Mr Gandhi accused Mr Kumar of betraying the "people's mandate for anti-communal politics" by joining hands with the "same people". 

 On Saturday in Delhi, Mr Kumar held discussions with Mr Gandhi, who had been tasked by his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to try and keep him from wavering. Mr Kumar's assessment of that meeting was brutal last evening: 

The ordinance that he referred to was seen at the time as an attempt to protect tainted politicians like Lalu Yadav. 

 Mr Kumar's party said it was Congress that had let the Chief Minister down. "Corruption is in the DNA of Congress ...they have let us down big time and wanted us to turn a blind eye to corruption charges," said Janata Dal United leader KC Tyagi.

 He added: "Instead of siding with honest Nitish, they preferred to back corrupt Lalu. 

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