JD(U) suspends party MLA Rajiv Ranjan for 6 years

August 22, 2014 15:28

JD(U) today supended Islampur MLA Rajiv Ranjan from the party for six years accusing him of "anti-party activities", days after he attacked his party's government in Bihar over "unabated corruption" after having earlier opposed a tie-up with Lalu Prasad's RJD.

"Party President Sharad Yadav has suspended Islampur MLA Rajiv Ranjan for six years considering his activities as anti-party. Yadav has directed all party leaders to maintain discipline and fight for social justice. There is no place for any kind of anti-party activities," JD(U) general secretary K C Tyagi said in a statement.

Rajiv Ranjan, who is an MLA from Islampur that falls in former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's home district Nalanda, had earlier written a letter to the state JD(U) president Basistha Narayan Singh in which he opposed a tie-up between JD(U) and RJD expressing strong reservation against the tie-up with RJD, which he alleged had created "jungle raj" (lawlessness) in Bihar during its tenure.

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