Lagatar24 Desk
Patna, Feb 20: Janata Dal (United)’s National Parliamentary Board President Upendra Kushwaha on Monday left Janata Dal (United), resigned from all party positions and launched a new political party called ‘Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal’.
Patna | JD(U)'s National Parliamentary Board President Upendra Kushwaha launches a new party – Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal – after days of tussle with Bihar CM and party leader Nitish Kumar. pic.twitter.com/THwaYsEjVj
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“We have decided to form a new party, Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal. This has been decided unanimously. I’ve been made its national president. The party will take forward the legacy of Karpoori Thakur. We will work towards rejecting the agreement made with RJD,” said Kushwaha at a press conference on Monday.
This development in Bihar politics comes when Kushwaha has been at loggerheads with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He had convened a two-day open session on February 19 and February 20, which was attended by several JDU workers in Patna. At the meeting, he asked for suggestions from the party workers on the future political strategy.
Kushwaha attacked Nitish while launching the political party. He said that when Nitish Kumar became the CM after years of RJD’s rule he did well, however, he lost his way and the path he chose was ‘bad for him and the party’.
“A new political inning begins today. Barring a few, everyone in JD(U) was expressing concern. A meeting was held with elected colleagues and a decision has been made. Nitish Kumar did well in the beginning. The path on which he has started walking is bad for him and Bihar.”
The tussle between the two which has been going on for months came to an end on Monday with the announcement.
