Former JDU leader RCP Singh Joins BJP

New Delhi, May 11: Former Union Minister Ramchandra Prasad (RCP) Singh, who quit the Janata Dal-United (JDU) after the party sought an explanation on allegations of corruption leveled against him, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. RCP Singh joined the BJP in New Delhi at 12.30 noon.

 

 

 

After joining the BJP, RCP Singh launched a strong attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and called him 'Palti Maar'(someone who hops party). "Nitish Kumar is not looking at Bihar as a CM. Nitish Kumar was a PM (palti maar), is a PM (palti maar), and will remain a PM(palti maar)," Singh said.

 

 

 

"He got the mandate for the welfare of Bihar, but what he is doing now. One day he is in Odisha, another day in Jharkhand and today he is in Maharashtra. He is now talking about opposition unity, but the moot question is, who is your leader? How can you expect Opposition unity without any leader?" RCP Singh said, slamming the JD(U) de facto leader. The party had asked him to give an explanation on all the immovable properties (plots of lands) the members of his family have got registered in their name in the last nine years, from 2013 to 2022. RCP Singh had quit the JDU after the party sent him a notice over corruption allegations. “Nitish Kumar will not become Prime Minister in any of his seven lives,” he said after his resignation, describing the JD-U as a “sinking ship”. The party workers alleged that a “huge property" has been amassed between 2013 and 2022 in the name of Singh and his family members. RCP Singh, once a confidant of the CM, stepped down as Union minister on July 6 after the party denied him the third consecutive term in the Rajya Sabha. His relationship with Nitish Kumar turned sour after he accepted the ministerial position without the CM’s consent — and over his perceived closeness to BJP. Singh had also been asked to give up the party chief’s post.

 

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According to sources, Nitish Kumar was “unhappy with RCP Singh ever since he joined the central government without his consent”. A former Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer, Singh came close to Nitish Kumar while on central deputation and was said to have the biggest hold over the party after Nitish Kumar.