Nitish Kumar re-invites former legislator Ramesh Kushwaha to join his party

Speculations are rife that the former MP or his wife may contest the Lok Sabha polls from Sivan

Patna:

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Saturday reappointed former MP Ramesh Singh Kushwaha, who was elected a few years ago Quit the party and joined NDA partner Rashtriya Lok Morcha, led by former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha.

The announcement was made to the press at the JD(U) office by the former MLA representing Ziradei constituency in Siwan district and his wife Vijay Laxmi.

Welcoming the couple to the party, party national general secretary Sanjay Kumar Jha said the couple had met the chief minister, who is also the national president of JD(U), a day ago .

At the same press conference, former JD(U) state president and senior minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary dismissed suggestions that the BJP would be “weakened” by re-inducting Kushwaha. statement and stated that “NDA is a single plan.” But sometimes workers may be placed in new locations to bring the greatest benefit to the Union”.

At the state office, Patna, Rashtriya Lok Morcha state president Shri Ramesh Kushwaha ji, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi ji and RJD leader Shri Satyendra Mishra ji accepted membership of the Janata Dal (United).People’s Party National Chairman @UmeshSinghJDU Ji granted him prime membership of JD(U)… pic.twitter.com/Ecgu3Vtkus

— Janata Dal (Manchester United) (@Jduonline) March 23, 2024

Notably, Mr. Kushwaha holds the post of state president of the PPP and as per the NDA’s seat allocation formula, the party will contest only the Karakot seat that was previously held by the party’s founder.

Speculations are rife that the former MP or his wife may contest the Lok Sabha polls from Sivan, one of the 16 seats where the JD(U) is contesting.

Party sources said sitting MP Kavita Singh from Sivan is likely to be ousted.

However, to pointed queries, Mr Jia replied: “The party chairman has not yet finalized the names of any seats.”

He also said that while the seat allocation package had been jointly announced by all NDA partners in Delhi earlier this week, the parties concerned may announce their candidates separately.

Mr Chaudhry added, “I can say that a formal announcement will be made in less than 24 hours and after that there will be no need to ask any questions about the Lok Sabha candidates”.

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