He added that instead of staging political drama in the name of protecting voters’ rights, it would have been better if Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav had instructed their Booth-Level Agents (BLAs) to help rectify the voter list where eligible voters’ names had been wrongly removed.
Addressing a meeting at the party office in Patna on Friday, JD(U) Executive President Sanjay Kumar Jha said the priority should be to identify the voters who live outside Bihar for jobs or education, inform them about the campaign and involve them in the process.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 has sparked a political debate that extends beyond its legislative framework, shaping electoral narratives and ideological positioning within the NDA alliance. While the ruling coalition’s allies have backed the bill, their approach highlights a careful political calibration ~ balancing legislative alignment with the BJP while preserving their outreach to Muslim communities.
Meanwhile, the ruling NDA coalition, buoyed by their recent victory in all four seats during the Assembly bye-elections, is enthusiastic about defending their position.
Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader KC Tyagi has stepped down from his role as the party's national spokesperson, citing his involvement in other organisational responsibilities.
The move has triggered strong protests from the JD-U with chief minister Nitish Kumar himself leading the charge.
Tej Pratap Yadav's lawyer Jagannath Singh said: "The petitioner has filed a case under Section 100 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 to challenge Tej Pratap Yadav. We will file a reply after thorough study."
MP Rajiv Singh 'Lalan' Singh has been a close aide of Nitish Kumar for several years and played an important role in building the JD-U.
Actually, RJD MLC Subodh Rai had disrupted the rural development minister during supplementary questions in the Bihar legislative assembly to which the CM reacted angrily as he asked Rai to “sit down and not interrupt anyone until questions and supplementary questions of a legislator are completed”.
RJD leader claims multiple JD-U legislators ready to switch sides
