A day after former Janata Dal(U) president and ex-Union Steel Minister R.C.P. Singh resigned from the party, saying “JD(U) is a sinking ship”, party president and Lok Sabha member Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh hit back at the former asserting that the party was a running ship. Mr. Lalan Singh added that sooner or later, Mr. R.C.P. Singh had to go from the party as only his body was in the party, but his soul was somewhere else.
The party on Sunday made it clear that it will not join the Union Ministry again, but rebuffed speculation of a rift with ally BJP, asserting “all is well”.
Mr. Lalan Singh, who addressed a press conference here, however, dismissed queries about Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s absence at the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the terse remark “you should ask the Chief Minister”.
