With his "kheer" comment stirring up the political cauldron in Bihar, Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha today sought to refute suggestions that it was an overture to the RJD, saying he had "neither sought milk from the RJD nor sugar from the BJP".
Kushwaha, the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief, asserted that his party was making efforts to bring on vote from every section of the society so as to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi in getting a second term after 2019 polls.
Kushwaha, the Union minister of State for Human Resource Development, said on Sunday that a delicious "kheer" can be prepared with milk from the Yadavs and rice from the Kushwahas, apparently hinting at a political realignment.
Replying to queries he said today, "Things should be explained in a proper manner... I did not say anything in terms of any particular party or community. My statement should not be viewed or looked in a manner in which it is being done."
Asked about his response if the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was ready to give milk for making "kheer", Kushwaha asserted, "I have neither sought milk from the RJD nor sugar from the BJP. I had not taken the name of any party or any community. So, where and how did the RJD come into the picture ?... Why are you (media) viewing a particular community as a particular party ?"
The Union minister had also said, "We will get the sugar from Brahmins, Tulsi from Choudharyji (RLSP Bihar chief Bhudev Choudhary) and can make delicious kheer with the dry-fruits from the extremely backward classes and Dalits and Dastarkhan from the house of our minority community. Then we can relish the delicious kheer together."
"Our alliance leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will also welcome him... I had told Lalu Prasad on an earlier occasion that we should take the RLSP in the grand alliance if he wishes so."
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