Bihar: Janata Dal United or JD(U)’s Lalan Singh has stepped down as party president, and the position has now been taken over by the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The news comes after national executive meeting began on Friday at the Constitution Club in Delhi which was attended by CM Nitish Kumar, now former JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh and other party leaders. However, Lalan Singh has not yet revealed the reason for his resignation.
Following the announcement, JD(U) workers raised slogans enthusiastically and stated that ‘the country needs a prime minister like Nitish Kumar’. The workers said that there is no difference between Nitish Kumar and Lalan Singh. However, they said the change has been made because of the Lok Sabha elections, and that the I.N.D.I.A bloc would like to take CM Kumar along.
Senior party leader KC Tyagi said Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was elected as JD(U) president at party’s national executive meeting.
Reacting to the news Bihar Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary said, “There will national executive meeting of JD(U). If they accept our proposal then Nitish Kumar will be the party president. Lalan Singh told CM Nitish Kumar that he will be busy with elections, so he wants to hand over the post of party president to him and Nitish Kumar accepted it…”
