Monday 10 December 2018

RLSP Chief Upendra Kushwaha resigns as Union Minister: Sources

New Delhi: Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha resigned from the Union Council of Ministers on Monday, sources said.

Kushwaha will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. at his residence on Monday, a day ahead of the Parliament session to announce his decision.

Earlier in the day, the Minister told the media that he will not participate in the NDA meeting at Parliament House complex slated to be held at 4 p.m.

“I will not participate in the NDA meeting,” he told reporters.

Also Read: I will not participate in the meeting of NDA allies: Upendra Kushwaha

Kushwaha has been critical of the BJP since it announced that the saffron party and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) would contest 17 seats each in Bihar.

 

Since the seat sharing announcement, Kushwaha has been critical of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

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As per the tentative arrangement, the RLSP was to be given two seats, one less than the number it had contested in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

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