PATNA: Three rebel RJD MLAs on Sunday resigned from Bihar assembly to extend their support to Nitish Kumar who quit as chief minister on Saturday.
Samrat Chaudhary alias Rakesh Kumar, Ram Lakhan Ram Raman and Javed Iqbal Ansari submitted their resignations to assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary, requesting him to accept them immediately. The three were prominent among the 13 RJD MLAs who, in February last, had proposed to the Speaker to recognize them as a separate group. “The Speaker accepted our request,” Samrat said.
Their resignations left the RJD’s effective strength in the 243-member house to 21. Samrat said they would now formally join Janata Dal (U) and work as ‘simple workers’ under the leadership of Nitish Kumar. Samrat further said the immediate reason behind their decision was the resignation of Nitish as CM on moral ground.
“I am in politics for over 14 years and I didn’t hear any politician relinquishing the CM’s post on morality. In fact, we had forgotten the word ‘morality’. Nitish ji has shown courage. When he can relinquish the post of CM on moral ground, we thought why can’t we make a small sacrifice to extend him moral support,” Samrat said.
While Samrat was elected from Parbatta assembly constituency in Khagaria district, Raman, a minister in Rabri government, represents Rajnagar (SC) seat in Madhubani district. Javed is an MLA from Banka.
On February 24, the Speaker had recognized the 13 ‘rebel’ RJD MLAs as ‘separate group’ in the assembly. Later, nine of them returned to RJD fold. One MLA, who didn’t return to the party fold, was Raghvendra Pratap Singh. Samrat said Raghvendra was not in his group and he was not aware about him. Raghvendra could not be contacted.
Samrat, son of senior JD (U) leader and former minister Shakuni Chaudhary, also said they had been working for JD (U) and Nitish since February when they quit RJD. Raman, despite being in RJD, had not attended an election rally of RJD chief Lalu Prasad at Madhubani during his campaigning for the Lok Sabha election.
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/3-RJD-MLAs-resign-to-support-Nitish/articleshow/35320100.cms
Samrat Chaudhary alias Rakesh Kumar, Ram Lakhan Ram Raman and Javed Iqbal Ansari submitted their resignations to assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary, requesting him to accept them immediately. The three were prominent among the 13 RJD MLAs who, in February last, had proposed to the Speaker to recognize them as a separate group. “The Speaker accepted our request,” Samrat said.
Their resignations left the RJD’s effective strength in the 243-member house to 21. Samrat said they would now formally join Janata Dal (U) and work as ‘simple workers’ under the leadership of Nitish Kumar. Samrat further said the immediate reason behind their decision was the resignation of Nitish as CM on moral ground.
“I am in politics for over 14 years and I didn’t hear any politician relinquishing the CM’s post on morality. In fact, we had forgotten the word ‘morality’. Nitish ji has shown courage. When he can relinquish the post of CM on moral ground, we thought why can’t we make a small sacrifice to extend him moral support,” Samrat said.
While Samrat was elected from Parbatta assembly constituency in Khagaria district, Raman, a minister in Rabri government, represents Rajnagar (SC) seat in Madhubani district. Javed is an MLA from Banka.
On February 24, the Speaker had recognized the 13 ‘rebel’ RJD MLAs as ‘separate group’ in the assembly. Later, nine of them returned to RJD fold. One MLA, who didn’t return to the party fold, was Raghvendra Pratap Singh. Samrat said Raghvendra was not in his group and he was not aware about him. Raghvendra could not be contacted.
Samrat, son of senior JD (U) leader and former minister Shakuni Chaudhary, also said they had been working for JD (U) and Nitish since February when they quit RJD. Raman, despite being in RJD, had not attended an election rally of RJD chief Lalu Prasad at Madhubani during his campaigning for the Lok Sabha election.
Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/3-RJD-MLAs-resign-to-support-Nitish/articleshow/35320100.cms
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