Raghuvansh Prasad Singh fell seriously ill and put on a ventilator (File photo)
Patna:
Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, whose recent resignation from the RJD founded and headed by Lalu Prasad has left political waters in Bihar Astir, has fallen seriously ill and took on a fan, a close aide said on Saturday.
Singh, who has been admitted to AIIMS, Delhi for about a week after developing post-COVID complications, resigned from the party’s main membership on Thursday and followed up with an open letter, a day later, addressed to the Lalu Prasad arch. rival and Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar, sparking speculation about his future moves.
“Singh sahibThe condition deteriorated considerably last night. At 11:56 p.m. they put him on a fan. We are praying for his well-being, ”the assistant, who remains with the septuagenarian, told PTI-Bhasha by phone.
A loyal loyalist to the RJD boss whom he supported through thick and thin, Singh took on the party a few months ago when rumors about the Mafia don turned politician Rama Singh, his rival in the Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency, they led him to resign from the party. position of the national vice president.
A cabinet colleague of Lalu Prasad in the Manmohan Singh government, Mr. Singh obstructed Rama Singh’s entry into the party and, although he did not resign from the main membership at the time, he stayed away from the day-to-day affairs of the RJD which they were attributed, in part, to his poor health.
On Thursday, his handwritten note to Lalu Prasad stating that he had had enough went viral on social media.
On the same day, the head of RJD sent a letter to Mr. Singh from Ranchi, making an emotional appeal to his partner for more than three decades not to leave the party.
On Friday, Singh wrote another letter from the hospital, this time addressed to Nitish Kumar, which was seen as his attempt to get closer to the prime minister, who heads the JD (U) and has been a fierce rival to the head of the RJD for decades.
Often called the architect of the MNREGA scheme, who came forward when he was the Union’s minister for rural development, Mr. Singh has been in a political wasteland for some time, having lost two consecutive elections in 2014 and 2019 from Vaishali. , who has represented a record five times in the Lok Sabha.
His relations with Tejashwi Yadav, Lalu Prasad’s youngest son and heir apparent, soured when he began pitching for Nitish Kumar back to the RJD-led Grand Alliance, after the party received its worst beating in polls from Lok Sabha. last year. .
The JD (U) is said to be eager to win over Singh, a highly respected leader, in the run-up to the assembly elections, and speculation has abounded that he is proposing a seat on the legislative council for the son of former Minister of the Union.
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