Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav and Congress leader Kanhiya Kumar in Kusheshwar Asthan in Darbhanga on October 26.
The Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) in Bihar is likely to merge with the Congress in the next few weeks, its top official has said. The official said on Thursday that party chief Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has called a meeting on December 16 and 17 to consider all aspects before the merger.
“Our leader Pappu Yadav has already dissolved all committees and wings of the party on 2nd December and this was announced by state president Raghavendra Kushwaha. Dissolving the committees and wings was a sign of merger. Will also not hold the post. Are in the party and hence will not have the power to challenge the decision of the party chief.”
Pappu Yadav is the only face of the party. Apart from him, no one has been able to draw or mobilize the crowd during elections. Since it will be difficult to contest against big political forces like RJD, JD(U) and BJP in Bihar, it is a wise decision to merge with the oldest party.
Earlier on Thursday, Congress leader Asit Nath Tiwari had also spoken of merger.
According to sources, Pappu Yadav’s wife Ranjit Ranjan (Congress in-charge of Rajasthan) played a key role in the integration.
She was the one who brought Pappu Yadav on the Congress platform during the by-election. After that Pappu along with Bhakt Charan Das, Kanhaiya Kumar and Madan Mohan Jha campaigned for Congress candidates in Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur.
Pappu Yadav is following the path of Upendra Kushwaha, who also tasted a bitter defeat in the 2020 assembly elections. His party Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) failed to win even a single seat. Kushwaha also lost his seat. After the defeat, he merged his party with the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United.
Pappu Yadav is also doing the same. His party was unable to open its account in the 2020 assembly elections despite having alliances with more than half a dozen smaller political parties. Yadav had led a coalition that contested all 243 seats but could not win a single seat.
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