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Seven members of the Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), an NDA ally, resigned connected Thursday (November 27, 2025), accusing the enactment main of promoting dynastic politics.
Mr. Kushwaha is simply a Rajya Sabha member, portion his woman Snehlata Kushwaha won the precocious concluded Bihar Assembly predetermination from the Sasaram seat. However, helium (Mr. Kushwaha) chose his lad Deepak Prakash, 36, who is not a subordinate of either location of the State Legislature, to beryllium the Panchayati Raj Minister successful Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s cabinet. In the precocious held Assembly elections, Mr. Kushwaha-led RLM had won 4 seats retired of six it contested arsenic portion of the NDA confederation and got 1 ministerial berth.
Protesting against Mr. Kushwaha’s determination to name his lad arsenic a Cabinet Minister, arsenic galore arsenic 7 of his enactment leaders, including authorities enactment president Mahendra Kushwaha, vice-president Jitendra Nath, resigned, accusing Mr. Kushwaha of resorting to “Pariwarwaad (dynastic politics), alternatively of pursuing socialist principles”. “He (Upendra Kushwaha) often talks astir motivation values and morals successful authorities but erstwhile the clip came helium preferred his household for power”, Mahendra Kushwaha told media persons.
The different leaders who discontinue the enactment connected Thursday are authorities enactment wide caput and spokesperson Rahul Kumar, authorities wide caput and in-charge of Nalanda territory Rajesh Ranjan Singh, authorities enactment wide caput and Jamui territory in-charge Bipin Kumar Chaurasia, authorities enactment wide caput and Lakhisarai territory in-charge Pramod Yadav and Sheikhpura territory president of the enactment Pappu Mandal. “I’ve been with the enactment for 9 years, but present I americium unsure astir my ain governmental future. Mr. Kushwaha’s determination has been a classical lawsuit of promoting dynastic politics,” said enactment vice-president Jitendra Nath. Rahul Kumar said, “Mr Kushwaha has fallen into the trap of dynastic politics”. Now what is the quality betwixt him (Mr Kushwaha) and different leaders who lone beforehand their family?”
Earlier, portion defending his son’s induction into the Cabinet, Mr. Kushwaha had said helium was a “qualified machine engineer”. “Deepak Prakash is not idiosyncratic who failed successful schoolhouse . He worked hard, earned a grade successful machine subject engineering and adjacent got a job. Give him (Mr. Prakash) immoderate clip to beryllium himself, and I americium definite helium would conscionable your expectations and trust,” Mr. Kushwaha had told media persons. Mr. Prakash is not a subordinate of either location of the authorities legislature but is apt to beryllium elected arsenic a subordinate of the State Legislative Council soon.
When asked astir the accusation of promoting dynastic politics, Mr Kushwaha said, “I’ve taken a pugnacious prime for the party. “Samudra Manthan (churning of the ocean) produces some nectar and poison. Some radical person to portion poison. Yes, my existent determination volition pb to accusations of dynastic authorities but inactive I made the decision.
