PATNA: A day after forming a third front with BSP and Janwadi Party (Socialist), RLSP chief
Upendra Kushwaha received a major jot on Wednesday when his national secretary general Madhaw Anand resigned from the party. Anand took the decision after his meeting with RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday night though he was with Kushwaha at the press conference earlier in the day.
Two days back, RLSP state president Bhudeo Choudhary had joined RJD. Sources said even former MP Nagmani, who had quit RLSP in 2019, is also in touch with RJD. RLSP’s two MLAs and one MLC had already switched over to JD(U) led by CM
Nitish Kumar.
“Having been a primary member of RLSP for the last four years, it is now time for me to move on. I am rendering my resignation from the primary membership of RLSP. While my aim and purpose are always the same to serve the people of my state and country, I believe I am unable to do this anymore within this party,” read a part of his resignation letter addressed to Kushwaha.
Anand also advised Kushwaha to renounce politics and continue with his teaching profession.
Talking to TOI, Anand called RLSP ‘a one-man party’. He said many more members will soon quit RLSP, alleging the party boss has no respect for his party workers. “He just thinks of himself and can do anything to become an MP or set his own family members,” Anand said, recalling how his Lok Sabha ticket was cancelled in 2019.
When asked if he will join RJD and contest the assembly election, he replied, “I have not taken any final decision as to which party I am joining. I am meeting my well-wishers and taking their suggestions.”
However, he, like Tejashwi, talked about migration, unemployment and lack of industrialization in Bihar.
Anand said he shares a cordial relation with Tejashwi and both are of the same age group and similar mindset. He even said his meeting with Tejashwi on Tuesday was nothing new. “Whenever I come to Patna, I meet him (Tejashwi),” he said.
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