RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha quits NDA, resigns as union minister

RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA Monday,  a day ahead of the start of the Winter Session. Triggering a realignment of political equations in Bihar, Kushwaha, according to news agency ANI resigned as Union Minister.

Upendra Kushwaha was the minister of state for human resource development. The Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief has been targeting the BJP and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a key ally of the ruling party, for weeks.  He has been upset with the BJP after it asserted that the RLSP would not be given more than two seats in the