Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and JD(U) national president RCP Singh greet newly elected party state President Umesh Kushwaha
PATNA: Former legislator Umesh Kushwaha was on Sunday unanimously elected as the Janata Dal (United) Bihar unit president, in a bid to strengthen the ruling party s old Luv-Kush support base.
Election of Kushwaha, a former party MLA from Mahnar assembly constituency in Vaishali district, was ratified at the party s state council meeting in Patna. Party s Bihar unit chief Bashishtha Narayan Singh proposed name of Kushwaha for the party s state president post, which was unanimously approved by members present in the meeting, senior leader and MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh told reporters in Patna at a press conference in the party office.
Umesh Kushwaha is new Bihar JD(U) president
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JD(U) national president RCP Singh greet newly elected party State president Umesh Kushwaha (centre), in Patna on January 10, 2021.
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Ruling party mulled over its dismal performance in the last Assembly elections in two-day meet
On the second day of a two-day State executive committee meeting of Bihar’s ruling party, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), on Sunday, party leader and former party MLA Umesh Kushwaha became new State party president.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and JD(U) national president RCP Singh greet the newly elected JD(U) Bihar unit president Umesh Kushwaha in Patna. (Photo credits: PTI)
PATNA: Former MLA Umesh Kushwaha (46) was on Sunday unanimously elected as Bihar unit president of the ruling Janata Dal (United), giving a clear indication that Nitish Kumar’s party is trying to re-strengthen its traditional support base of “Luv-Kush” (Kurmi and Kushwaha castes).
Kushwaha replaced Bashishtha Narayan Singh, party’s state president and Rajya Sabha member.
The election of Kushwaha, a former JD(U) MLA from Mahnar assembly constituency in Vaishali district, was ratified at the party s state council meeting which concluded in Patna on Sunday afternoon.
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