Bihar: Upendra Kushwaha quits JDU, launches new political party

Bihar, February 20: It has been huge setback for Bihar Government. Ahead of general elections 2024, Upendra Kushwaha quit Janata Dal (United) and resigned from all party positions. 

In the major update Kushwaha also launched a new political party 'Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal'.

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This development in Bihar politics comes when Kushwaha has been at loggerheads with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Kushwaha announced the name of his party - Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal and said that he has been made its national president.

Meanwhile, Kushwaha attacked Nitish while launching the new political party   

"We've 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'll work towards rejecting the agreement made with RJD," he said.

"A new political innings is beginning today. Barring a few, everyone in JD(U) was expressing concern...A meeting was held with elected colleagues and decision was taken...Nitish Kumar did well in the beginning but in the end, the path on which he started walking is bad for him and Bihar, and the party," he further added. 

 Detailing the talks with Nitish Kumar while forging an alliance with the RJD for the second time that took place last year, Kushwaha said that he had asked the party chief to keep the leadership into his own hands to prevent the old situation (during the Lalu Yadav rule) from returning.

Kushwaha alleged that the Chief Minister was not acting on his own volition and acted as per the suggestions of people around him.

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"He's unable to act on his own today because he never made an effort to make a successor...Had Nitish Kumar chosen a successor, he needn't have looked at neighbours for one," he said.