Ex-JDU minister joins RJD

Lalu on Wednesday announced the candidature of Nagmani from the Chatra Jharkhand parliamentary seat that he had won in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.

We are enthused at the homecoming of Nagmani and other leaders to RJD. They returned because of Nitishs arrogance and non-democratic functioning of the JDU.

Though the former agriculture minister had sought the Ujiyarpur seat,the RJD had already fielded Alok Mehta from there. Nagmani,who has also been with the Samata Party,RJD,BJP and the LJP,said: Whichever party I join forms the Government. The Kushwaha leader,who has openly vowed to damage the JDU vote bank,claimed to have over two lakh supporters among his caste.

Earlier,Chenari Bhabhua MLA Lallan Paswan quit JDU to join RJD to get ticket opposite Congress sitting MP Meira Kumar. Rambadan Rai,who was a JDU MLC,deserted Nitish Kumar to get a RJD ticket from Munger. He is pitted against JDU state president Ranjiv Ranjan alias Lallan Singh.

JDU has also fielded RJD rebels Jay Narain Nishad and Manganilal Mandal from Muzaffarpur and Jhanjharpur respectively.