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JD(U) leader Uday Narayan Chaudhary quits party

Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and former Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary on Wednesday announced that he is quitting the party. He announced his resignation from the primary membership of the party, citing “demoralisation of cadre” and patronage to “dhankuber” (those with deep pockets) as the major reasons.

“From now onwards I’m no longer associated with the JD(U) in any way… I am hurt over Nitish Kumar-led NDA government’s anti-Dalit approach,” Mr Chaudhary said.

A former loyalist of Kumar, Chaudhary was instrumental in averting a split in the party in 2015 when the then chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi refused to make way for Kumar, who had stepped down for a few months owning moral responsibility for the JD (U)’s debacle in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

“The government recently stopped scholarship for Dalit students, kept silence over SC/ST Atrocities Act and reservation for Dalits in promotion of their services… the government is also keeping mum over reservation of Dalits in judiciary… the attacks on Dalits too have increased in the State”, charged Mr. Chaudhary.

The JD(U), however, maintained that the “coming or going of anybody did not affect the party”

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