Ruling JD(U) MLA Sanjeev Kumar joins RJD in Bihar

In the run-up to the Assembly election successful Bihar, ruling Janata Dal (United) MLA Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, representing Parbatta Assembly constituency successful Khagaria district, joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) astatine an lawsuit successful Parbatta connected Friday.

RJD person and erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav was besides scheduled to scope the venue but his chopper could not alert owed to atrocious weather. He administered Mr. Kumar’s RJD rank done video league from Patna. He welcomed Mr. Kumar into the RJD, asserting that his introduction would person a large interaction successful Bihar.

In the 2020 Assembly election, Mr. Kumar defeated RJD’s Digambar Prasad Tiwary by a constrictive borderline of 951 votes.

Hailing from Bhumihar caste, Mr. Kumar joining the RJD is seen arsenic a boost for Mr. Tejashwi, the Leader of the Opposition successful Bihar Assembly who has been working hard to grow the RJD’s enactment basal beyond its accepted Muslim-Yadav (MY) base.

Vocal professional of NDA

Mr. Kumar has been outspoken and has criticised his ain NDA authorities connected aggregate occasions successful the past implicit issues specified arsenic farmers’ rights and alleged irregularities successful roadworthy and span operation projects. He had adjacent criticised the Union authorities implicit the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful the State erstwhile it was launched.

His sanction cropped up successful the lawsuit of alleged horse-trading during the level trial of the NDA authorities aft Chief Minister Nitish Kumar deserted the RJD and the Congress to signifier the authorities with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past year.

The lawsuit is being investigated by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar and the bureau questioned him successful July 2025. Parbatta is simply a stronghold of Mr. Kumar’s family. His begetter Ramanand Prasad Singh had been elected MLA from this spot 4 times. His elder member Rajiv Kumar is an MLC from the Congress party.

Attacking the Nitish Kumar government, Mr. Kumar said, “Time and again, Lalu Prasad ji and Tejashwi Yadav person said that the RJD is simply a enactment of A-to-Z caste and contiguous it has been proved. At present, the concern successful Bihar is pathetic and our State has go a labour hub arsenic acold arsenic employment is concerned.”

He added, “Bihar needs an energetic Chief Minister similar Tejashwi Yadav who has imaginativeness for its development.”

‘Anti-party activities’

Reacting to Mr. Kumar’s exit from the party, JD(U) national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad said it was not unexpected.

At a property league astatine the party office, helium said, “The enactment leadership already felt his anti-party activities. Sanjeev Kumar was the mastermind down the failed crippled to topple the elected NDA authorities led by Bihar’s charismatic Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The EOU is investigating the full matter,” Mr. Prasad said.

Calling Mr. Kumar an opportunist, Mr. Prasad asserted that despite his absence, over 10,000 JD(U) workers attended the NDA’s workers conference held successful the Parbatta Assembly constituency connected September 27.

“This proves that the enactment organisation and workers are beardown adjacent without opportunists similar Sanjeev Kumar. Departure of leaders similar Sanjeev Kumar volition further fortify the party. In 2025, the NDA volition again signifier the authorities nether the enactment of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and the dreams and improvement docket of the radical of Bihar volition beryllium afloat realised,” Mr. Prasad said.

A elder JD(U) person and MLC, requesting anonymity, said, “If the enactment was afloat alert of his anti-party activities, wherefore could the enactment not situation to instrumentality disciplinary enactment against him good successful advance? On respective occasions, helium has spoken against the party-line. Why did the person [Rajeev Ranjan Prasad] who held a property league contiguous talk [about it] before?”