Infighting in Bihar JD(U) intensifies amid battle for party positions
The Hindu
CM Nitish to stay away from INLD meet in Haryana, says party chief Lalan Singh
Infighting in Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] is likely to intensify in coming days as the party’s new national president and MP, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, has been dissolving different cells of the party and removing party leaders and workers known to be close to former party president and now Union Steel Minister R.C.P. Singh. Both Mr. Lalan Singh and Mr. R.C.P. Singh are said be to rivals but ironically close to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. In another development, Mr. Lalan Singh on Saturday said Mr. Kumar would not be attending the rally at Jind in Haryana, called by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Om Prakash Chautala, to mark the birth anniversary of his father Chaudhury Devi Lal on September 25. All non-BJP and non-Congress leaders have been invited to the rally to explore possibilities of formation of a third front for the 2024 parliamentary poll.More Related News