Updated: September 13, 2020 8:17:21 am
Meanwhile, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s condition deteriorated since Friday night and he was admitted to hospital on Saturday with complaints of recurrent coughing. (Proceedings)
Up to date left RJD, Former Union Minister and Senior Leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh had also accused the party of promoting nepotism and “feudalism” and, without naming names, stated in the separate letter that five members of “one family” have replaced icons such as Mahatma. Gandhi, BR Ambedkar, Jayaprakash Narayan, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Karpoori Thakur in the poster of the party.
While Singh did not name either RJD or party chief Lalu Prasad, he lamented, handwritten on his official letterhead, former Lok Sabha MP, the gradual “degradation of politics” and that socialism was being replaced by “dynasty, feudalism, castes and communalism “.
Meanwhile, Singh’s condition deteriorated since Friday night, and he was admitted to the hospital on Saturday with complaints of recurrent cough.
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On September 10, when he wrote a one-line resignation letter to RJD head Lalu Prasad, Singh wrote two other letters, one addressed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the need for development in Vaishali, the constituency he had represented in Lok. Sabha on multiple occasions, and the other is addressed to no one in particular and entitled “Rajneeti matlab buraai se ladhna, dharm matlab achchhai karna (politics means fighting evil; religion means doing good).”
While the letter to Nitish was published on Friday, this letter was made public on Saturday.
Singh mentioned that he had written to the RJD leadership to reactivate the party, but the leadership did not consider it “worth reading.” He wrote (translated from Hindi): “The party cannot be led by creating posts for several general secretaries and issuing statements on a daily basis … there has been no debate on ideology in the party; there is only feudalism. Things can’t work this way. “
In a veiled attack on RJD, he wrote: “There has been so much degradation in politics that it has become a threat to democracy. Some parties are negotiating the distribution of (electoral) tickets, which in turn is an exchange of votes …
Thousands of people had followed Mahatma Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, BR Ambedkar, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia and Karpoori Thakur. They faced difficulties but did not waver (in their belief). “But, he wrote,” the photos of these great men were replaced by five members of one family. “
Without naming RJD, Singh wrote: “After receiving some post, one (of these people) was aiming to make money. Most longed for publications after receiving money. “Singh added that” he could not tolerate it and is ready to fight.
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