Lalan Singh offers resignation as Party President at JDU National Executive, Nitish Kumar set to return as party boss
The JD(U) national executive is currently underway at the Constitution Club in Delhi.
The JD(U) national executive is currently underway at the Constitution Club in Delhi.
Dr Yadav touched Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s feet and the latter blessed him by keeping a hand on his head, as both the leaders greeted each other.
His resignation came hours after the police raided government buildings as part of an inquiry into corruption and "influence peddling" and issued an arrest warrant for Costa's chief of staff.
Her reason for this unexpected departure revolves around allegations of impropriety within the party's senior ranks, as she accuses them of supporting an individual who, over the course of two decades, wrongfully acquired her valuable properties.
Addressing reporters on Friday, the former Speaker said: “No, I am not resigning. We are going to keep the majority. I am going to help the people I got here, and we are going to expand it further.”
At least 275 people died while over 1,000 were injured when 21 coaches of two -- Coromandel Express and SMVP-Howrah Superfast Express -- and a goods train collided and derailed on Friday
The party requested the veteran politician to continue to lead the organisation that he founded 24 years ago.
There were reports of his sudden health issues after his resignation for which he was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in New Delhi.
However, in 2019, the full bench presided over by the then Lokayukta Justice Pius Kuriakos ruled that the complaint is maintainable and it can be examined on merit.
The Congress party, which is aiming for 'repeat' in the forthcoming assembly elections in December 2023, could face disillusionment of voters. This is what the Opposition BJP is predicting.