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Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar unit president of Janata Dal (United), Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, has openly declared that he would be supporting the Congress candidates in the coming assembly election.

Singh said he would go all out with Congress and share the campaign platform in its fight against the JD(U)-BJP regime.

“People of Munger have elected me to the Lok Sabha. I have decided to openly join hands with Congress in the assembly elections as per the people’s aspirations for a new beginning in Bihar. Why should I quit the Lok Sabha? I have my plans. Let JD(U) leadership do whatever it wants,” he was quoted in Economic Times.

Lallan has been in touch with Congress leaders and modalities of their relations were being worked out. He confirmed his talks with Congress leadership.

With former minister in Nitish cabinet, Jamshed Ashraf and former state president of NCP Aquil Haider already in Congress the party is expecting some more leaders to switch loyalty in the days to come.

“After Bihar’s 20 years’ disastrous experiments with regional parties, it is time a national party provides a positive direction for the state. Congress is that natural alternative in Bihar. And for me the only political option now is to join hands with Congress as people like me will never join BJP, RJD or LJP. It is time to re-establish Congress firmly in Bihar,” he said further.

He said “regional parties and its leaders, be it Nitish Kumar or Lalu Prasad, thrive by creating social tension. Lalu created the backward-forward divide. Now Nitish Kumar, apart from running an inefficient and corrupt government, has created the same social tension in the name of Bataidari and other things”.

“Bihar has to break off caste-politics and needs a national party like Congress with its inclusive agenda. In any case, all discredited and rejected RJD leaders are now part of JD(U) and are advising Nitish Kumar just the way they had guided Lalu in the past,” Lallan told the daily.

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