Bihar Election: RJD, JD(U) strongmen defy party line to contest council election, ,Bihar council poll, Bihar legislative council election
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Bihar Election: RJD, JD(U) strongmen defy party line to contest council election
Patna: The strongmen of RJD and Janata Dal (United) are defying the party line and have filed their nomination papers as the candidates for the election of Bihar Legislative Council stated to be held on July 7.
Though RJD general secretary Ritlal Yadav, a dreaded don of his time, did not get the party ticket yet on Friday he filed his nomination papers for the Patna local authority constituency as an Independent with much fanfare. He was accompanied by his wife and children.
Under an understanding among the grand secular alliance partners, the Patna seat has been allotted to the JD(U).
Ritlal, who has been in jail for the last five years, claims that he is still the general secretary of the party and that he enjoys the blessing of the party supremo Lalu Prasad. There are several criminal cases, including of murder, pending against him. He was appointed the party’s general secretary during the Lok Sabha elections last year after Ram Kripal Yadav left the party.
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Ritlal had been absconding in a murder case for more than six years before he surrendered in the Danapur court to contest the 2010 Assembly elections as an Independent.
RJD’s ally JD(U) is also facing similar revolt by ‘bahubalis’. Sitting MLC from Ara, Hulas Pandey, brother of JD(U) MLA Sunil Pandey, one of the founders of Ranvir Sena, joined Lok Janshakti Party in Patna on Saturday after the seat was given to RJD under the poll pact. Hulas had won Council election as an Independent last time, but he had since then extended his support to the Nitish government. He has been charged with involvement in several criminal cases over the years.
Sunil and his names figured prominently in the killing of the founder of Ranvir Sena, Brahmeshwar Singh, alias Mukhiyaji, on June 1, 2012.