Written by: Press Trust of India
2 min readPatnaOct 20, 2009 03:43 AM IST
First published on: Oct 20, 2009 at 03:43 AM IST
Ramvilas Paswan’s Lok Janashakti Party LJP received a jolt on Monday with several of its leaders,including former state president Satish Kumar,joining the Congress,which is making a desperate bid to emerge as the alternative to the ruling NDA in Bihar.
Kumar,ex-LJP Parliamentary Board chief,took the primary membership of the Congress in the presence of
its Bihar in-charge Jagdish Tytler here. Others who switched to Congress include state-level LJP leaders Ranjit Prasad Kushwaha,Devi Dayal Singh,Shyambali Ram alias Mahabali Paswan,Satyendra Singh Patel,Praveen Kumar Singh,Sudhir Kumar Ojha,Vinay Kumar Singh and Kamlesh Rai.
Welcoming them,Tytler said the people of Bihar were favourably inclined towards the Congress and the policies pursued by it under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh. There are several others who are to follow suit, he said.
State LJP chief Pashupati Kumar Paras claimed the development would not impact the party as these leaders had lost faith of the people.
JMM leader Muktinath Upadhyay too joined the
Congress in presence of its state chief Anil Kumar Sharma and Tytler.
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