Half a dozen MLAs from RJD, Cong to join BJP soon: State party chief
Patna (PTI): Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal on Friday claimed the party was set to receive a boost ahead of the assembly polls, as “half a dozen MLAs of the RJD-Congress combine” will jump ship in the next few days.
He made the claim at a press conference where he welcomed back into the party Ajay Nishad, a two-time MP from Muzaffarpur, who had contested the seat in the last Lok Sabha polls on a Congress ticket, after the BJP fielded Raj Bhushan Chaudhary, now a Union minister.
“With Nishad’s return to the BJP, our party will be strengthened further in the Tirhut region,” Jaiswal said.
Nishad is the son of former Union minister, late Capt Jayanarayan Nishad, who had been with the RJD and the JD(U), led by arch rivals Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, respectively.
“In the next few days, about half a dozen MLAs of the Congress and RJD will be joining the party, in a clear indication of the growing trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,” Jaiswal asserted.
The state BJP president, however, did not divulge whom he expected to jump ship.
The Bihar assembly polls will be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11, while counting of votes will take place on November 14.
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Man dies by suicide after being 'duped of ₹1.5 crore' in stock market scam
Jaipur (PTI): A 42-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after jumping in front of a Sikar-Rewari passenger train in Jhunjhunu district on Saturday morning, officials said.
Police launched a probe into allegations in a three-page suicide note in which the deceased allegedly blamed several individuals for his death, accusing them of cheating his family out of around Rs 1.5 crore through stock market investment.
The deceased cited mounting debts and alleged harassment by creditors as reasons that drove him to take the extreme step.
Kotwali police head constable Mahendra Singh said the deceased, Vimal Kumar Sharma, was identified using a mobile phone recovered from the spot near the New Housing Board police line crossing.
"We contacted numbers stored in the phone, which helped establish his identity. A suicide note was also found in the deceased's pocket," he said, adding that Sharma was engaged in share market trading.
In the suicide note, Sharma alleged that despite lodging a complaint at the Kotwali police station, police conducted no proper investigation and closed the case file without inquiry.
He claimed to possess evidence such as call recordings, a pen drive and bank statements.
Meanwhile, family members reached the hospital and demanded the arrest of the accused persons named in the suicide note, refusing to accept the body until action is taken.
Police said an investigation is underway.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
