A sitting MLA of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA, Sarfaraz Ahmad, resigned from the state legislative assembly on Monday, citing personal reasons.
Amid the political turmoil in Bihar post the resignation of Rajiv Ranjan Singh as JD (U) chief, state assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary reached Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav's residence on Sunday.
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.
Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh tendered his resignation as Janata Dal-United national president amid speculations of a leadership change, sources said on Friday.
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?
Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi on Thursday dismissed the rumours about the resignation of party president Lalan Singh from the post and said that the decisions to be taken in the crucial meetings in the national capital would be disclosed later.
Shivanand Patil said that the farmers in the state wish for drought to occur as they get free farm loan waivers from the government while addressing a gathering in Suttatti village of Belagavi district on Sunday night.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is in the process of reshuffling his cabinet in response to the resignation of many ministers, including government spokesman and close ally Hirokazu Matsuno, due to a significant corruption scandal inside the ruling party, Al Jazeera reported.