Shooter Shreyasi Singh, mom likely to join RJD

PATNA: The 2018 Commonwealth Games shooting gold medal winner, Shreyasi Singh, along with her mother and former Banka MP Putul Kumari, is likely to join Lalu Prasad-led RJD in the first week of September. RJD sources said Lalu has already given his nod in this regard.
“Putul, the widow of former Union minister Digvijay Singh, is in Delhi. She will join RJD in the presence of former CM Rabri Devi once she and her daughter return to the state capital.Putul has told us she will join in the first week of September. The date will be announced in a day or two,” a senior RJD leader told TOI on Sunday. Two senior bureaucrats, including one from Jharkhand cadre, played a vital role in the negotiation between Putul and senior RJD leaders, sources said.
“Shreyasi will most probably contest the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections on the RJD ticket from Amarpur seat in Banka district,” the RJD leader said, preferring anonymity.
When contacted, Shreyasi told TOI on Sunday that she too heard about media reports about their joining the RJD. “I will not comment on these issues. My mother will comment on political matters. Please talk to her,” Shreyasi said. She, however, neither denied nor confirmed the media reports. “I am not saying anything on the issue,” she said.
Calls made to Putul on her mobile phone numbers were responded by her personal assistant Chandra Shekhar Singh. When asked about Putul’s likely joining the RJD, Singh said things would be cleared in a few days. “Madam is not taking calls from any media house. I will convey your message to her,” he said.
Putul had won Banka parliamentary seat as an independent candidate in the 2010 byelection . .