Nitish's move

Last Saturday, Rahul met Nitish

deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav was named in a CBI corruption case

Selfish Nitish Kumar betrayed people of Bihar, says Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday suggested that Nitish Kumar is "unprincipled" and an "opportunist" and said he knew "three-four months ago" that the Bihar chief minister was planning to sunder the 'grand alliance'.Rahul also saidwas symptomatic of "the problem with Indian politics", where people take decisions "based on pure self-interest".The Congress leader's comments came some 30 minutes after Nitish was once again sworn in as chief minister, fewer than 24 hours after resigning from the post and undoing the 'grand alliance' of the Congress, the RJD and the JD (U)."People will do anything for power. For personal gain, they will embrace anyone, even the worst people," said Rahul to mediapersons."This is the problem with Indian politics, no one has any credibility. As for Nitish...with Nitish, let me tell you, we knew three-four months ago that he was planning something like this," the Congress leader said.in what seemed like a bid to save the 'grand alliance' which was gasping for breath after RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son and. The Congress, which appeared to be on Tejashwi's side, became the mediator in the rift between the JD (U) and the RJD.Nitish wanted an explanation from the RJD about the corruption charges. The RJD kept insisting the corruption charges were "trumped up" and an attempt to break the 'grand alliance'.