Most of the JD(U) Lok Sabha members from Bihar were not visible much during the month-long campaign for the state assembly polls in various parts of the state. While one of the MPs is abroad, others are either in New Delhi or in Patna.
JD(U) president Sharad Yadav, who is the MP from Madhepura, is extensively touring the state and addressing six to seven public meetings every day. The rebel party MP from Munger, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, is also active, but against the party canvassing for the Congress candidates.
Some JD(U) MPs remained absent from the public meetings of chief minister Nitish Kumar in their respective districts. They were not even present at the election meetings addressed by their national president.
Vashistha Narayan Singh, chairman of the campaign committee of the JD(U), told TOI it was the moral duty of all MPs to remain active during the campaign not only in their constitutencies but in other parts of the state as well. Their absence has "not gone unnoticed", he said. When asked whether notifications were sent to the MPs asking them to remain in their constituencies during the polls and campaign for the party nominees, Singh said, "There is no need to send invitations to individual MPs. It is their moral duty to work actively for the success of the NDA candidates."
Singh also said if any MPs are found to have not done adequate campaigning, the party will probe and take action against the erring MPs. "It is not necessary to send invitations to loyal partymen," Singh said.
He said their absence from the campaign will have no adverse impact on the NDA candidates' performance since the voters are quite impressed with Nitish Kumar in any case.
According to Singh, the NDA candidates are going to win with handsome margins in all the constitutencies. He claimed in the first five phases, the NDA has already secured a comfortable lead and the polling in the remaining 26 constitutencies is just a formality. "The NDA will win all the 26 seats in Kaimur, Rohtas, Aurangabad, Buxar and remaining parts of Gaya districts," he added.
The campaign committee chairman said now even the opposition parties were following the programme of Nitish Kumar and talking of development as the primary agenda during their campaign. The electorate, he claimed, have forgotten their caste affiliations and are supporting the NDA.
A JD(U) Rajya Sabha member said, "The absence of the Lok Sabha members in the campaign was immaterial as they were not even capable of ensuring the votes of their family members. People have forgotten their loyalties and are voting to bring back Nitish Kumar."
Some of the ruling party MPs did not come out in the open as their close relatives are contesting the elections on the tickets of rival parties.
Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said, "The MPs of the BJP are active in the campaign. Shahnawaz Hussain, Radhamohan Singh, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, C P Thakur as well as other MPs are active in the campaign for the BJP candidates. Even Shatrughan Sinha, MP from Patna Sahib, campaigned in other parts of the state."
Source : Times of India
JD(U) president Sharad Yadav, who is the MP from Madhepura, is extensively touring the state and addressing six to seven public meetings every day. The rebel party MP from Munger, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, is also active, but against the party canvassing for the Congress candidates.
Some JD(U) MPs remained absent from the public meetings of chief minister Nitish Kumar in their respective districts. They were not even present at the election meetings addressed by their national president.
Vashistha Narayan Singh, chairman of the campaign committee of the JD(U), told TOI it was the moral duty of all MPs to remain active during the campaign not only in their constitutencies but in other parts of the state as well. Their absence has "not gone unnoticed", he said. When asked whether notifications were sent to the MPs asking them to remain in their constituencies during the polls and campaign for the party nominees, Singh said, "There is no need to send invitations to individual MPs. It is their moral duty to work actively for the success of the NDA candidates."
Singh also said if any MPs are found to have not done adequate campaigning, the party will probe and take action against the erring MPs. "It is not necessary to send invitations to loyal partymen," Singh said.
He said their absence from the campaign will have no adverse impact on the NDA candidates' performance since the voters are quite impressed with Nitish Kumar in any case.
According to Singh, the NDA candidates are going to win with handsome margins in all the constitutencies. He claimed in the first five phases, the NDA has already secured a comfortable lead and the polling in the remaining 26 constitutencies is just a formality. "The NDA will win all the 26 seats in Kaimur, Rohtas, Aurangabad, Buxar and remaining parts of Gaya districts," he added.
The campaign committee chairman said now even the opposition parties were following the programme of Nitish Kumar and talking of development as the primary agenda during their campaign. The electorate, he claimed, have forgotten their caste affiliations and are supporting the NDA.
A JD(U) Rajya Sabha member said, "The absence of the Lok Sabha members in the campaign was immaterial as they were not even capable of ensuring the votes of their family members. People have forgotten their loyalties and are voting to bring back Nitish Kumar."
Some of the ruling party MPs did not come out in the open as their close relatives are contesting the elections on the tickets of rival parties.
Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said, "The MPs of the BJP are active in the campaign. Shahnawaz Hussain, Radhamohan Singh, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, C P Thakur as well as other MPs are active in the campaign for the BJP candidates. Even Shatrughan Sinha, MP from Patna Sahib, campaigned in other parts of the state."
Source : Times of India
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