Tej Pratap’s Chhatra Janshakti Parishad demands 25 per cent share from RJD in Bihar legislative council polls | Patna News – Times of India

Patna: RJD chief formed student organization! then prasadeldest son of and former health minister Tej Pratap Yadavdemanded a 25% stake for its founder in 24 seats of the state legislative council on Monday, with elections likely to be held in the next few weeks.
Chhatra Janshakti Parishad (CJP), which was formed by Tej Pratap in September last year after differences with RJD state president Jagdanand, asked the RJD leadership to authorize Tej Pratap to select party candidates for 25% of the 24 council seats. asked for. elections in the near future.
“If RJD gives six seats to CJP, it will extend its full support to all RJD candidates,” the state council president said. Prashant Pratap Yadav said in a written statement here.
The CJP’s state chief also warned that the RJD cannot win the upcoming council elections without the patronage of ‘Shri Krishna’. Here he used the word ‘Shri Krishna’ not for Lord Krishna but for Lalu’s son Tej Pratap, who often dresses like Lord Krishna. Tej Pratap calls himself Sri Krishna and as his younger brother Tejashwi Arjun.
“It should be noted that victory is impossible without the patronage of Shri Krishna. The results of the recent assembly bypolls in the state are a living example of this. He refers to the recent defeat of RJD candidates in the Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly by-elections. Was doing.
CJP’s demand has stirred up RJD circles. Political analysts believe that the CJP raised such a demand on the advice of Tej Pratap, who left no chance to embarrass the RJD leadership.
The council’s 24 seats fell vacant on July 16, 2021, after the last elected MLCs completed their six-year term. Elections to 24 seats could not be held on time due to non-completion of Electoral College work due to delay in elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).
Members of an electoral college cast their vote in the election of MLCs from local officials’ constituencies in agreement with elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Cantonment Boards.
The State Election Office recently sent a recommendation to the Election Commission for holding elections in the constituencies of all 24 local officials of the council.
In the NDA, JD(U) parliamentary board chairman and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha has demanded a 50:50 seat-sharing between the JD(U) and the BJP for the council elections. Kushwaha said that BJP and JD(U) should get 12 seats each.
Meanwhile, the RJD on Monday fielded Saurabh Kumar as its candidate from the West Champaran Local Authority constituency of the council. RJD’s West Champaran district president Iftikhar Ahmed Khan alias Munna Tyagi said that Saurabh, an engineer by profession, has been made the party’s candidate on the instructions of the RJD national leadership.

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