Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh), who on Friday resigned as party chief, has termed as "untrue and misleading" reports in a section of media about his having to leave the post due to an alleged effort to make RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav Chief Minister of Bihar and
"Since the time I have been following politics in independent India, such heightened interest in the internal activities or normal change of some other party makes me believe that there is no democracy left in the country," Jha said speaking to reporters in Patna on Saturday.
A day after JD(U) national president Lalan Singh stepped down, paving the way for the return of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the top post, BJP MP Sushil Modi said there was more than meets the eye.
Weighing in on the big churn in the JD(U) on Friday, which saw Lalan Singh stepping down as the party's national chairman and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returning to the top post, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday said there was a dark cloud hanging over the ruling party in
Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh on Friday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not be able to hold the post, claiming that he (Kumar) only has one option left in front of him.
Later, speaking to reporters after the party's national council meeting in Delhi, he said that he has accepted the post of the national president of the party.
Addressing the media after the meeting, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi said, "After the resignation of Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, CM Nitish Kumar has been elected as the new national president of the party..."
"A self-respecting person never accepts this type of farewell. When the party and the leadership do not have confidence in him, there is no point in holding that post. He (Lalan Singh) should have resigned earlier," Vijay Kumar Sinha said.
Amid speculations on his potential elevation as Janata Dal (United) national president, Bihar Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary dismissed all reports and said that Lalan Singh, present national president of the party, is working fine.
JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Thursday refuted rumours of Lalan Singh's resignation as party president on Thursday, saying that Nitish Kumar, Lalan Singh and he have been together for the last 48 years, so why would he resign?
Putting to rest speculations of Nitish Kumar's possible return to the saffron fold, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said all doors to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are closed for the Bihar chief minister.