JD(U) chief Lalan Singh accuses BJP of setting narrative of his resignation

JD(U) national president Lalan Singh accuses BJP of setting narrative of his removal from top post, ahead of JD(U) national executive meeting.

Janata Dal (United) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh on December 28 accused the opposition BJP of setting the narrative of his removal from the top post of the party.

Mr. Singh issued the statement hours before attending the national executive committee meeting of the JD(U) at the party office near Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other senior leaders of the party also attended the meeting.

For the past few days, there was a buzz that a decision would be made to remove Mr. Singh from the top post during the meeting and Mr. Kumar himself will take over the post as part of the coming Lok Sabha polls strategy.

When journalists asked him about his resignation from the post of national president of the party, Mr. Singh said, “When the time of my resignation will come, I will call the media and take their advice. You all can get the draft of my resignation from the BJP office. The BJP is setting the narrative and the management of the media is just running the news accordingly. It is a national executive and national council meeting but you people are setting the narrative of my resignation.”

He further said the JD(U) was united and would remain united no matter whatever narratives were set against him and the party. After issuing the statement, he met Mr. Kumar at his residence 6, K. Kamraj Lane and the meeting lasted between two leaders for more than an hour.

Earlier in the day Mr. Kumar did not speak when asked about Mr. Singh’s resignation during the meeting. Mr. Kumar said it was an annual affair of holding the meeting of the national executive committee and the national council.

“This is a routine meeting which takes place every year and there is nothing specific at all,” Mr. Kumar said in Patna before going to Delhi.