TNN, New Delhi :
In a major jolt to Lalu Prasad, 13 Bihar MLAs of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have submitted their resignation from the party to the speaker of the state’s assembly on Monday. RJD has 22 MLAs in the Bihar assembly.
They are likely to join hands with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) for the coming Lok Sabha elections according to reports.
Earlier on Sunday, there had been reports that Lalu’s long-time ally Ram Vilas Paswan decided to join hands with archrival BJP. A senior leader from Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party had said that his party has decided to go with BJP in the next Lok Sabha polls.
After a meeting of LJP leaders at Paswan’s residence, former MP and party leader Surajbhan Singh told reporters,”Alliance between LJP and BJP has been finalized.”
However, LJP secretary general Abdul Khalik told PTI that no final decision has been taken, and only parliamentary board of LJP can decide it.
In a recent interview with Times Now’s Arnab Goswami, Lalu Prasad had said that he would “one day” become Prime Minister as he refused to accept that conviction in the fodder scam was the end of the road to his prime ministerial ambition. He said he was confident that the higher courts would overturn his conviction and his party workers would fight the elections till he is acquitted.
