Bihar workers jumped into celebration as Nitish Elected Party Chief!!!
Reportedly the JD(U) rank and file in bihar on friday expressed elation upon bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, their de facto leader, assuming charge as the national president of the party. As news of the development at the party’s national executive meeting in delhi reached the state headquarters here, workers erupted into celebration and smeared ‘gulaal’ (dry colours) on each other to express their delight.“The welcome development comes at a crucial time when we are engaged in a fight against the emergency-like situation under the bjp rule at the Centre,” JD(U) state unit chief Umesh Singh Kushwaha told reporters. Kumar took over from Rajiv ranjan singh ‘Lalan’, who expressed his wish to give up the national president’s post that he had been holding since march 2021, and moved a proposal that the bihar cm take over, which was unanimously accepted.The development capped days of furious speculations, during which the bjp and its allies claimed that Kumar had grown suspicious of Lalan because of the latter’s apparent proximity to RJD president Lalu Prasad, the father of deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav. Reacting to the news about Kumar, former deputy cm and bjp leader sushil kumar modi claimed that ”there are two factions in that party. One feels quitting the nda last year was a mistake. The other, led by Lalan, is pro-Lalu. Had Lalan not been removed, he would have merged JD(U) with RJD”.