Bihar decisions: After joining JD(U), child says RJD offended Raghuvansh, didn't esteem him
Satya Prakash Singh (L) during a public interview on joining the JD(U) on October 8.
A day after he joined JD(U), Satya Prakash Singh, child of late RJD pioneer and previous Union pastor Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, on Friday said RJD "offended" his dad's memory by letting Rama Kishore Singh, a previous Lok Sabha MP from Vaishali and Singh's bete noire for long, join the gathering. Singh, senior of Raghuvansh's two children, said RJD didn't "esteem" his dad.
Veena Devi, Rama Kishore's significant other, is probably going to challenge from Mahnar Assembly portion, in Vaishali area, on a RJD ticket.
Raghuvansh, who was an originator individual from RJD and one of the tallest communist pioneers in post-Karpoori Thakur Bihar legislative issues, had spoken to Vaishali for five terms in Lok Sabha and had consistently opposed political opponent Rama Kishore's entrance into RJD. Rama Kishore had vanquished Raghuvansh in the 2014 Lok Sabha from Vaishali as a LJP chosen one.
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh was known well across Bihar — past simply the upper-standing Rajput body electorate — and his child joining JD(U) is set to give the last an advantage. Particularly given the analysis Tejashwi Yadav has gotten from certain quarters over his style of working. While skillet Bihar, the move may humiliate RJD electorally, the gathering could be a quick recipient in Mahnar — its feasible contender for the seat, Veena Devi, could tilt the scale in support of RJD, given spouse Rama Kishore impact among Rajput citizens.
Satya Prakash Singh revealed to The Indian Express: "On the off chance that I needed to follow the strides of my dad, I hosted to pick a political get-together that has a solid communist foundation. Nitish Kumar originates from a similar communist school, and JD(U) is the correct discussion to begin my political innings." A designer who has worked with a few rumored organizations, Satya Prakash said he won't challenge the up and coming surveys – he has plans to do information examination and has just taken to the field in the state. Inquired as to why he didn't join RJD, Singh stated: "The RJD had offended my dad. I had additionally enrolled my solid reservation with Tejashwi Prasad Yadav after a RJD gathering (via web-based media) posted an offensive remark on my dad. He (Tejashwi) concurred that it wasn't right… . My dad was one of the organizer individuals from RJD. How could any little league pioneer repudiate my dad's announcement?"
On the contention over the "legitimacy" of the letters his dad composed, days before his demise, Singh stated, "All top RJD pioneers perceive my dad's penmanship (the letters, scrutinizing RJD's style of working, were transcribed). A penmanship master can make it clear inside an hour or something like that. My dad composed those letters before parasitic contamination in his lungs demonstrated deadly."
Singh said his dad had likewise taken up the issue of EWS quantity with the RJD, looking for the gathering's help on it, and hosted been harmed when the get-together protested it.
Raghuvansh, who had earned honors as Union Rural Development serve in UPA-1, was excluded from the Union Cabinet under UPA-2 after his triumph in 2009 Lok Sabha surveys.