Dissension surfaces in JD (U) ranks as party signs pact with RJD
1 Aug 2014 6:41 AM IST
JD(U), RJD and Congress officially announced entering into alliance yesterday for the bypoll in 10 assembly seats going to vote on 21 August.
JD(U) MLA from Islampur in Nitish Kumar’s native Nalanda district, claimed that as many as 65 party MLAs out of a total 116, were against the party joining hands with RJD against whom Kumar and the party had fought in the name of ending ‘jungle raj’.
‘Legislators will take a major decision after August 25 (when election process for bypoll will be over),’ he said.
Ranjan, second term MLA from Islampur who had written a letter to the state party president Basistha Narayan Singh recently against alliance with RJD, said the tie-up has been imposed on the party by a few leaders who he alleged have given up principles for the sake of power.
He said he and other MLAs who are opposed to the alliance with RJD would not quit the party but would ‘try to take over the party in their own hands.’
Rebel JD(U) MLAs Gyanendra Singh Gyanoo and Ravindra Rai described the alliance as ‘fraud’ against voters who overwhelmingly supported Nitish Kumar in 2010 Assembly poll.
Gyanoo and Rai, prominent leaders of the group of 18 dissident JD(U) MLAs who voted for Independent candidates in recent Rajya Sabha poll against official candidates, claimed ‘there is widespread anger among party MLAs and workers over joining hands with RJD known for ‘jungle raj’.
JD(U) MLA from Islampur in Nitish Kumar’s native Nalanda district, claimed that as many as 65 party MLAs out of a total 116, were against the party joining hands with RJD against whom Kumar and the party had fought in the name of ending ‘jungle raj’.
‘Legislators will take a major decision after August 25 (when election process for bypoll will be over),’ he said.
Ranjan, second term MLA from Islampur who had written a letter to the state party president Basistha Narayan Singh recently against alliance with RJD, said the tie-up has been imposed on the party by a few leaders who he alleged have given up principles for the sake of power.
He said he and other MLAs who are opposed to the alliance with RJD would not quit the party but would ‘try to take over the party in their own hands.’
Rebel JD(U) MLAs Gyanendra Singh Gyanoo and Ravindra Rai described the alliance as ‘fraud’ against voters who overwhelmingly supported Nitish Kumar in 2010 Assembly poll.
Gyanoo and Rai, prominent leaders of the group of 18 dissident JD(U) MLAs who voted for Independent candidates in recent Rajya Sabha poll against official candidates, claimed ‘there is widespread anger among party MLAs and workers over joining hands with RJD known for ‘jungle raj’.
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