RLSP chief likely to join Nitish Cabinet
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But get together denies transfer to merge with JD(U).
Amid hypothesis that the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), led by Upendra Kushwaha, will merge with the JD(U), get together sources on Tuesday denied such studies, terming them “wrong and baseless”.
A sequence of conferences between Mr. Kushwaha and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in current occasions, triggered rumours that the previous is likely to be inducted into the State cupboard. An growth of the Cabinet is predicted “any day this week”.
“The news reports about the merger of RLSP are wrong and baseless. The party will continue with its struggle in view of expectations and aspirations of people of Bihar and the country along with RLSP friends,” the get together’s official Twitter deal with mentioned on February 1.
Sources shut to RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha additionally denied studies concerning the merger with the JD(U).
“It’s true that our party leader had, of late, meetings with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar but that doesn’t mean our party is going to be merged with JD(U). The RLSP has planned to organise around 10,000 kisan choupals (farmers meetings) across Bihar in February to protest against three new farm laws introduced by the Centre. Had there been any merger plan with NDA alliance partner JD(U), the RLSP would not have planned such farmers meetings,” mentioned get together spokesperson and nationwide normal secretary Fazal Imam Mallick.
The RLSP failed to win a single seat in final yr’s Assembly ballot. Mr. Kushwaha and Mr. Kumar are friends-turned-foes and their current conferences had sparked speculations in political corridors that RLSP could be merged with JD(U) and Mr Kushwaha could be inducted into Nitish Kumar’s cupboard as Education Minister. Earlier, Mr Kushwaha was Minister of State for Human Resources Department (HRD) on the Centre and he had been elevating problems with dismal instructional scene in Bihar beneath Mr Kumar.
However, on Tuesday, sources shut to Mr Kushwaha instructed The Puucho that he (Upendra Kushwaha) would possibly enter Rajya Sabha and his spouse might be inducted into the State cupboard.
“Both Nitish Kumar and Upendra Kushwaha have been trusted friends for decades who had gone on separate ways over some political differences but now in changed political scenario they may need each other once again and anything can happen in days to come,” he mentioned.
Buzz over cupboard growth has been gaining floor. Names of MLAs who lately joined the JD(U) like Jama Khan who had gained on a Bahujan Samaj Party image from Kaimur, and Independent from Jamui, Sumit Singh are doing the rounds as potential entrants into the ministry.
The lone Lok Janshakti Party legislator Rajkumar Singh too had, lately, met Mr. Kumar. Alliance companion BJP additionally held a sequence of conferences with get together leaders in Patna and Delhi over names of likely ministers forward of the cupboard growth. Name of former union minister and senior get together chief Shahnawaz Hussain as subsequent finance and highway building minister of the state has been on prime of possible likely ministers listing.
In one other growth, three opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs — Dr. Chandrashekhar (Madhepura), Bibha Devi (Nawada) and Ram Bishun Singh (Jagdishpur) — met BJP chief and Deputy chief minister Tarkishore Prasad on Tuesday in Patna, setting off one other spherical of speculations.
