Former MP Jayant Chaudhary is all set to take over the reins of Rashtriya Lok Dal. The national executive of the party will be meeting on Tuesday virtually to anoint Jayant as the new party president, after his father Chaudhary Ajit Singh who founded the RLD, died on May 6.
RLD national secretary and member of national executive, Anil Dubey, confirmed that the election of Jayant as party s national president is certain in the meeting to be held virtually. Jayant, as vice president, has already been managing party affairs since 2014 when his father Chaudhary Ajit Singh took a back seat after losing Baghpat Lok Sabha seat to the BJP.
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Will go to Kolkata, urge farmers to defeat BJP in polls, but will not support any party: Rakesh Tikait
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Will go to Kolkata, urge farmers to defeat BJP in polls, but will not support any party: Rakesh TikaitPTI
Last Updated: Mar 10, 2021, 08:18 PM IST
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Synopsis I will go to Kolkata on March 13. The clarion call for a decisive struggle will come from Kolkata. We will talk to farmers there and urge them to defeat the BJP, the BKU leader said. He was in Ballia to address a Kisan Mahapanchayat .
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said he will go to Kolkata this week to urge farmers to defeat the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly elections, but claimed he is not supporting any political party. Farmers are distressed, and election will be discussed with them, Tikait said, adding that he is not going to West Bengal to seek votes.
Will go to Kolkata, urge farmers to defeat BJP in polls: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait
Ballia: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait addresses the Kisan Mahapanchayat at Sikanderpur in Ballia district, Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
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Ballia: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said he will go to Kolkata this week to urge farmers to defeat the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly elections, but claimed he is not supporting any political party.
Farmers are distressed, and election will be discussed with them, Tikait said, adding that he is not going to West Bengal to seek votes.