JD (U) MLA joins RJD on Day 1 of Tejashwi Prasad Yadav’s Nyaya Yatra

Bihar’s Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav kicked off his ‘Samvidhan Bachao Nyaya Yatra’ from Katihar district on Saturday with a scathing attack on CM Nitish Kumar and company, over “selective development” in the state.

Around the same time at the RJD headquarters in Patna, JD(U) MLA Sarfaraz Alam quit his post and party and joined Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party, giving indications that he will contest the Araria Lok Sabha seat vacated by his father and RJD MP Taslimuddin’s demise last year. Sarfaraz was suspended from the JD(U) two years ago following complaints that he had misbehaved with a couple on a Delhi-bound train.

“One more MLA has quit the JD(U). Just wait and see how many more will follow,” Tejashwi said and added the BJP will be responsible for Nitish’s political death. “Nitish will soon merge the JD(U) with the BJP. The CM’s party is not in a position to contest even one seat. His so-called governance file is in the PMO… the BJP will first send him to Delhi and then make him a governor somewhere. What will his legislators do then?” he said.

Tejashwi, who will tour the length and breadth of the state in the next few months …read more