LJP leaders quit party, accuse Chirag of plotting for JD (U) poor show in Bihar polls

Other state and district level leaders who quit the party included Vishwanath Kushwaha, Somnath Raman, Subhash Paswan, Dinanath Kranti, Ashok Paswan, Vijay Kumar, Kaushal Kushwaha, Surendra Panjiyar, Abhinandan Kushwaha, Satish Kumar, Jagannath Singh, Paraslal Gupta, Indubhushan Thakur and Ramjas Kushwaha.

Singh alleged that “the party was being run by a handful of people and the majority voice was not being heard. “Several of us were not in favour of severing ties with BJP. We are now in touch with NDA leaders,” said Singh.

LJP spokesperson Ashraf Ansari told The Indian Express, “Keshav Singh and other leaders were spent force. Some of them, including Keshav Singh, were ticket hopefuls and are political opportunists. Such people leaving the party would have little impact.”

Asked about Singh’s allegation of the LJP plotting against the JD (U) with help of a poll strategist, Ansari said, “It is baseless.”