The State committee of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) has set up a subcommittee headed by its president M.V. Shreyamskumar to take forward a proposal to merge the party with any of the other socialist parties in the Janata Parivar. This was decided at a meeting here on Sunday.
LJD secretary general Varughese George told the media that discussions were under way with the national leaderships of the Janata Dal (Secular), Samajwadi Party, and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
The State unit of the LJD had been in a predicament ever since the Sharad Yadav-led party recently merged with the RJD. The State unit had reportedly termed the merger as an arbitrary decision without following due procedures.
