Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday introduced the appointment of Upendra Kushwaha as chairman of the National Parliamentary Board of Janata Dal-United quickly after the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) merged with the JDU.
Speaking at JD(U) Office, Kumar mentioned, “Upendra Kushwaha has been appointed as chairman of the National Parliamentary Board of JD(U), with immediate effect.”
The JD(U) chief additional mentioned, “We had been in talks with RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha for fairly a while. When I mentioned it with my occasion members, they expressed their pleasure on his thought of merging the occasion with ours.
“Earlier within the day, Kushwaha mentioned that the occasion has determined to merge with JD (U), stating that it’s the demand of the present political state of affairs.
“In the interest of the nation and state, like-minded people in Bihar should come together. It`s the demand of the current political situation. So, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party has decided to merge with JD(U), under Nitish Kumar`s leadership. We stand with them now,” mentioned Kushwaha.
Taking on the jibe the RLSP merging with JD (U), senior RJD chief Shivanand Tiwari mentioned Kumar ought to handover the chief minister`s place to Kushwaha.
“The way BJP insulted Nitish Kumar in Bihar assembly elections using Chirag Paswan, it was obvious that it somewhere niggled Nitish Kumar as well as Upendra Khushwaha. However, it is time that “Luv” ought to handover the CM place to his brother Kush as `Luv-Kush` was the bottom of the JD(U)`s formation, mentioned Tiwari.
Kushwaha was a JD(U) Rajya Sabha member until 2013, however he parted his methods in 2013 and floated his personal outfit.Â
In the Bihar meeting election 2020, the RLSP stitched a coalition with Asaduddin Owaisi`s AIMIM and Mayawati`s Bahujan Samaj Party. However, the RLSP couldn’t win even a single seat.
