The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on March 2 hailed the disqualification of six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh who had recently crossed over to the BJP and expressed hope that similar action will be taken against “turncoats” in Bihar.
RJD national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha, whose party has lost five of its MLAs to the State's ruling NDA, made a statement to the effect at a press conference.
"The defectors do not make up for two-thirds of the party's total strength in the Bihar Assembly. Their membership of the House, hence, cannot be sustained," asserted the RJD leader, whose party had 79 MLAs until legislators began walking over to the ruling side in phases.
