Although the number is negligible compared to the total number of seats in the panchayat system, the development has embarrassed the AAP leadership in West Bengal
Jayant Chaudhary was on Tuesday appointed as the new national president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), according to a party statement. His elevation to the post comes following the demise of party president and his father Ajit Singh, who had succumbed to COVID-19 on May 6. The decision to elevate the 42-year-old Chaudhary, who was till now the party vice president, was taken during a virtual meeting of the party s national executive, the RLD statement read. During the meeting, party s General Secretary Trilok Tyagi proposed Jayant s name for the post of national president which was approved by former MP and national general secretary Munshiram Pal and unanimously supported by all members of the national executive, it added.
Bihar s main opposition party RJD is in talks with the Trinamool Congress to fight the upcoming West Bengal elections together, a senior RJD leader said on Sunday. RJD principal general secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui and national general secretary Shyam Rajak are in Kolkata to hammer a tie-up with Mamata Banerjee s party for the Bengal polls. We will be meeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday to fight Bengal elections together, Rajak told PTI. Siddiqui and Rajak are meeting party leaders in the state ahead of the discussions with Banerjee. RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwary said over the phone from Patna that the party is exploring the possibility of contesting some seats on the Bengal-Bihar border.