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Double trouble for RJD as Nitish makes gains ahead of Bihar assembly polls

Another blow to the RJD was the resignation of former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh as the party's national vice-president

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Besides five RJD MLCs joining Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has resigned as the party’s national vice-president. Lalu Prasad is yet to accept his resignation

Satyavrat Mishra New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Jun 28 2020 | 7:33 PM IST

Old political habits are not broken easily. Despite being badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bihar is in the news with legislators switching parties, which has begun ahead of the Assembly polls, to be held in October-November.

As Tejashwi Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, was busy with caste calculations, the Janata Dal (United), or JD(U), stunned the former by engineering a split in its legislative party in the Bihar Legislative Council. Five of the RJD’s eight members in the Council quit the party on Wednesday and joined hands with Bihar Chief

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