Patna: JD (U) will hold his National Executive Meeting in Delhi on Saturday amid speculation that RCP President Singh, now a cabinet minister in the Government of Narendra Modi, can be asked to withdraw from the party post to make other leader roads.
The source said, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who reached Delhi on Friday night to participate in a party’s important meeting on Saturday, has given a little clue to senior leaders to “choose” the president of the new party.
JD (U) leader at Lok Sabha and Muler MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh and the Chairperson of the Party Parliamentary Council and former UNI Minister Kushwaha have emerged as a front runner for posting.
The name of the former head of the Bihar Unit Party and Rajya member Saba Bashishhtha Nariain Singh, known as some of the most trusted men, also conducted a round in the circle of the party as one of the possibilities for Top Pos JD (U).
The source said, Bashishtha might make the President of the National Workers and asked to lead the party until a new president was officially chosen at the next party’s national council meeting.
In an official statement released two days ago, the national leadership JD (U) said that organizational problems, moving membership, current political issues and upcoming assembly elections in various countries are the main items on the agenda for meetings.
However, people in saying the meeting was mainly called to replace RCP with new leaders.
Asked about the agenda, Chairman of the JD Parliament Board (U) Upendra Kushwaha on Friday said, “This is a routine meeting.
National Executive Meeting is usually held once a year.
This year’s meeting has not been held.
Therefore this meeting is called.” Questions, Kushwaha More continued, “When top leaders (party) will sit together, other problems can also appear for discussion.
But what will be ‘other problems’, it is difficult to say.” Thus, Kushwaha gave a little clue about the possibility of “selection” New President.
Contacted, JD (U) National Secretary General of AFAQUE Ahmad Khan told Friday, “The meeting of the party’s national executive body will begin at around 4pm at the party’s head office at 7, Jantar Mantar Road in New Delhi on Saturday.” Khan said about 75 members of the National Executive Board including all members of the parliament, all state presidents, all national office carriers were officially invited to attend the meeting.
The source said, RCP, who chose the party’s president was only seven months back on December 27 last year, was under pressure to quit the top party post since he took an oath as the cabinet minister on July 7 this year.
The voices were grew up in the party that RCP Singh should not continue to accommodate two main posts simultaneously in the party and the government, and he had to sacrifice one of the two posts on the principle of ‘one post one post.’
UNI Minister RCP Singh may be asked to withdraw from the President’s post JD (U)
