Talking to the reporters in Delhi, where Tejashwi arrived on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan to meet his father and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi told, "It's a natural alliance, not a deal.
When his act was objected to by the fellow passengers, Mandal entered into a verbal duel with them.
In a sudden move, he quit as JD(U) president in favour of Ram Chandra Prasad Singh ~ or RCP as he is widely known ~ thereby marking out clear blue water between the coalition government he heads in Bihar and the JD(U) and BJP as distinct parties.
With this defection, the JDU now has just one MLA in the 60-member Arunachal assembly and the BJP now has 48 members.
BJP stoutly backed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership to the hilt and snubbed LJP chief Chirag Paswan who has raised a banner of revolt.
Gupteshwar Pandey has been vocal about the Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case and has been directly attacking the Mumbai Police as well as actor’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.
'We will fight Bihar polls together and emerge victoriously,' he said.
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, one of its founding members, resigned as the national vice- president of RJD as he was unhappy over the type of people being inducted into the party, of late.
However, amidst all the latest development, Prashant Kishor has ruled out joining another political party or coalition.
Kishor, who was addressing his first press conference after his expulsion from JD(U), further announced a 'Baat Bihar Ki' programme to reach out to thousands of the state's youth voters.
