Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, a high chief of the RJD, resigned from Lalu Yadav’s get together on Thursday
Patna:
A day after leaving Lalu Yadav’s get together RJD, former union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh wrote to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in search of extension of MGNREGA advantages to the farm sector, a step being seen as an try by the veteran socialist chief to get nearer to the ruling JD(U).
In a letter to Nitish Kumar, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, considered one of his most vitriolic critics whereas within the RJD, stated the MGNREGA legislation wanted to be amended and its advantages prolonged to the farm sector.
Since its launch in 2006, the agricultural employment assure scheme has aimed to supply livelihood safety in rural areas by guaranteeing a minimum of 100 days of minimal wage employment, largely within the development of sturdy belongings comparable to roads, canals and ponds.
A number of Chief Ministers have typically sought extension of the advantages of the scheme to the farm sector.
In his letter posted on Fb, the previous union minister additionally requested Nitish Kumar to facilitate the return of the begging bowl of Lord Buddha from Kabul. He additionally demanded that the chief minister unfurl the nationwide flag at Vaishali each Republic Day.
Vaishali is the parliamentary constituency Mr Singh represented for 5 successive phrases earlier than his defeat in 2014.
Mr Singh had resigned from the RJD, the principle opposition get together in Bihar, on Thursday, triggering hypothesis about his becoming a member of the ruling JD(U). Nonetheless, RJD supremo Lalu Yadav, serving time in jail in 4 fodder rip-off circumstances in Ranchi, had rejected his resignation.
“For 4 a long time, we’ve got collectively mentioned political, social and even household issues. You get nicely quickly and we’ll focus on once more. You aren’t going wherever, you perceive,” Lalu Yadav had written to Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Thursday, after the latter made it clear that he was quitting the get together.
Mr Singh, who’s admitted to the AIIMS, New Delhi, due to publish COVID-19 problems, has nonetheless not made it clear whether or not he’ll keep within the RJD or shift to the JD(U), reported information company Press Belief of India.
The departure of Raghuvansh Prasad Singh from the RJD is being seen as a serious “psychological setback” for the get together as a sizeable part of Rajputs nonetheless again the opposition get together whereas all different higher castes vote for the BJP or the Congress.
Mr Singh, who because the Union Rural Improvement Minister piloted the NREGA Invoice, urged Nitish Kumar to carry an ordinance to amend the related legislation to increase its advantages to the farm sector.
He insisted that the ordinance be introduced earlier than the mannequin code of conduct for election kicks in.
Meeting elections are probably in Bihar in October-November, and as soon as the mannequin code comes into pressure, no coverage choice will be made.
The JD(U), which has already made it clear that its doorways are open for the veteran socialist chief, indicated it was amenable to accepting his strategies.
“The problems he has raised in his letter to the Chief Minister are undoubtedly value consideration,” JD(U) spokesman Rajiv Ranjan Prasad stated.
“One factor is obvious that Raghuvansh Babu was humiliated and insulted within the RJD and he swallowed it throughout his lengthy stint within the get together he nursed along with his blood and sweat”, Rajiv Ranjan Prasad stated.
He stated Mr Singh’s choice to give up the RJD had left a “huge gap within the get together’s sinking boat”.
Earlier than Mr Singh, seven MLAs and 5 MLCs, together with these belonging to the Yadav caste and Muslims, the bedrock of the RJD’s assist base, had resigned and joined the JD(U).
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