Janata Dal (U) President Rajeev Ranjan Singh addressing a press conference. File photo | photo Credit: –
Janata Dal (United) national president Rajeev Ranjan Singh on Sunday said that if his party forges an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for next year’s Lok Sabha elections, it will be with the Samajwadi Party.
The JD(U), which is in power in Bihar in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), has no elected representative in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. The party’s Uttar Pradesh unit chief Anup Patel tendered his resignation to Mr Singh on Sunday, citing personal reasons.
The JD(U) national president announced that no new chief of the party’s state unit would be announced. Satyendra Patel has been appointed as the state convenor, Mr Singh said in Lucknow.
He said that the party and its working committee in Uttar Pradesh will be strengthened throughout this year for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The JD(U) will launch a membership drive in Uttar Pradesh with a target of adding five lakh members, Mr Singh said.
He said, “If there is an alliance in Uttar Pradesh, it will be with the Samajwadi Party.”
On caste-based census, Lallan said, ‘We asked the central government about this. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met PM Narendra Modi for caste-based census but no response was received. With the cooperation of regional parties, we started caste-based census. -based survey (in Bihar) which will continue till May 31.”