Send The LJP leaders, led by former party spokesperson Keshav Singh, joined the JD-U at the party s office.
File photo: Chirag Paswan
Patna:
In a massive blow to the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in Bihar, over 200 leaders of the party switched over to the state s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Thursday.
The development has come just a day after former MLA Rameshwar Prasad Chaurasia left the party.
The LJP leaders, led by former party spokesperson Keshav Singh, joined the JD-U at the party s office.
JDU President RCP Singh and Bihar unit president Umesh Singh Kushwaha inducted into their party all the members from LJP camp.
Setback to Chirag Paswan s LJP as over 200 leaders join JDU in Bihar
Setback to Chirag Paswan s LJP as over 200 leaders join JDU in Bihar
In a major setback to Chirag Paswan s LJP, more than 200 leaders of his party joined the JD(U) in Bihar on Thursday.
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Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan (Photo: PTI)
More than 200 leaders of Chirag Paswan s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) joined the Janata Dal United (JDU) in Bihar on Thursday. JD(U) national president RCP Singh announced at a press conference the induction of 208 leaders from the LJP.
Most notable among the turncoats is former state general secretary Keshav Singh who has been in revolt against Chirag Paswan and predicting the party s collapse for some time.
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LJP leader Keshav Singh and others joins JD[U] in presence of National President RCP Singh at JD[U] party office in Patna on Thursday.
PATNA: Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Thursday received a major jolt in Bihar as its around 200 senior leaders and workers, led by its former state general secretary Keshav Singh, quit the party and joined the ruling JD(U).
The disgruntled LJP leaders joined the ruling JD(U) in presence of its national president and Rajya Sabha member RCP Singh. The joining event took place at the JD(U) state office here.
Earlier on Wednesday, LJP’s senior leader Rameshwar Chourasia who contested the 2020 assembly polls from Sasaram constituency, left the party. Chourasia, a former MLA, was earlier with the BJP and had won Nokha assembly seat thrice on the BJP ticket. He had joined the LJP before the last assembly polls after the BJP denied him the party symbol to contest the election.
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