The RJD on Wednesday suffered a setback, with former Sitamarhi MP Sitaram Yadav and over a dozen Yadav leaders from totally different opposition events becoming a member of the BJP in presence of Bihar social gathering in-charge Bhupendra Yadav and state BJP president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal.
Sitaram Yadav, a two-time MP from Sitamarhi, holds sizable affect in his space. After he joined, Bhupendra Yadav mentioned, “Our party would only get stronger with presence of leaders like Sitaram Yadav.”
The BJP is at present increasing its attain among the many Yadav group in its bid to separate the core constituency of RJD and claims to be in contact with some extra RJD leaders for its “mission 2024”. A BJP chief mentioned, “Our party has been further looking at consolidation of Yadav constituency. We already have strong Yadav faces like Ram Kripal Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav and Nityanand Rai. Sitaram Yadav has surely added strength to our party.”
Other outstanding leaders who joined the saffron social gathering embrace former LJP MLA Nagina Devi and Santosh Mehta, who had unsuccessfully contested from Patna Saheb towards BJP veteran chief Nand Kishore Yadav. Former RJD MLC Dilip Kumar Yadav, Patna Municipal Corporation RJD councillor Sunita Devi and former RJD state vp Ramji Manjhi additionally joined the BJP.
Former Bihar Congress spokesperson and Patna Municipal Corporation deputy mayor Mira Devi and about half a dozen different leaders from Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) additionally joined BJP.
Meanwhile, RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tewari instructed The Indian Express, “If BJP is making expelled and suspended RJD leaders join it, let them be happy. All those RJD leaders who joined BJP are like expired medicines.”
