- By Abhirupa Kundu
- Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:40 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is all geared up to claim its seats and has submitted a report related to this to party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. Party sources said that if RJD's share of seats does not increase for the upcoming elections, it might also refrain from continuing to be a part of the Mahagathbandhan, an alliance that had changed the political scenario in Bihar.
Jharkhand's seat sharing tiff has posed as a roadblock for the oppostion's INDIA bloc which has been facing setbacks after Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and Arvind Kjeriwal-led AAP announced that there will be no alliance with Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and that their parties TMC and AAP will go it alone in the respective states.
In order to establish its stronghold in the state, RJD has increased its activities in four parliamentary constituencies including Palamu, Chatra, Koderma and Godda Lok Sabha seats.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the RJD was given only one seat to contest in the state after they joined the grand alliance.
Meanwhile, the parties constituting the Mahagathbandhan have been claiming their share of seats with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha wanting to contest in seven seats, Congress demanding nine seats while RJD declaring four seats for them.
Nitish Kumar's Dynasty Politics Dig At Lalu
The tensions between Lalu Prasad Yadav and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have been long ongoing with the Bihar CM targetting the RJD supremo over dynastic politics during a rally held at Patna Veterinary College ground to celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of the former chief minister of the state Jannayak Karpoori Thakur.
"Karpoori Thakur was the biggest socialist leader of Bihar but did not promote any of his family members. He always thinks about the common people of Bihar and the country but some people are promoting only the family members and making them leaders," Nitish Kumar said in an apparent jibe at Lalu Prasad Yadav.
"I always promoted other people in the party. It does not bother me about what other people say about it," Kumar said while addressing the gathering. He said that Karpoori Thakur was the veteran leader of Bihar but did not promote his family members.
"I promoted his son Ram Nath Thakur and made him cabinet minister, general secretary of the party and now he is a Rajya Sabha member of JD-U," the Chief Minister said.