Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s close aide RCP Singh joins BJP
New Delhi: While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is making efforts to mobilise opposition parties against the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, his party's former national president, former Union minister and Nitish's close aide RCP Singh has joined the BJP.
Singh, who has been a close aide of Nitish for a long time, was also appointed as the national president of the JD(U). At one point, Singh had accused Nitish of taking a unilateral decision in joining hands with the Modi government. Following this, the former IAS officer was sacked from the party.
While Singh is yet to contest a direct election, he is aware of the very nuanced insights into Nitish's style of functioning and has a good rapport with JD(U) leaders and has been welcomed into the party by the BJP.
Singh joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the party's national general secretary Arun Singh and national media head Anil Baluni.
"Nitish Kumar is the PM. This is a permanent title for him. But this is not the PM that you think; Nitish PM means palti-maar (defector)," Singh said.
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Tribal man brings dead sister's skeleton to bank to withdraw money from her account
Keonjhar (PTI): A tribal man in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Monday brought the skeleton of his dead sister to a bank to withdraw the money deposited in her name, police said.
The incident occurred at Maliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank located at Patana block of Keonjhar district. The man was identified as Jeetu Munda (50) of Dianali village. He was seeking to withdraw Rs 20,000 from the bank account of his elder sister, Kalra Munda (56), who died on January 26, 2026.
"I have run several times to the bank, and the people there told me to bring the account holder to withdraw money deposited in her name. Though I told them that she had died, they did not listen to me and insisted on bringing her to the bank. Therefore, out of frustration, I dug the grave and brought out her skeleton as proof of her death," an illiterate Jeetu Munda told reporters.
Patana Police Station Inspector in charge (IIC) Kiran Prasad Sahu, who reached the bank after getting information, said, "Jeetu is an illiterate tribal man. He does not know what the legal heir or nominee is. The bank officials have failed to make him understand the procedure to withdraw money from the dead person's account."
However, after the incident, the police assured Jeetu Munda that they would facilitate the withdrawal of money from the bank account of his dead sister. Later, the skeleton was again buried at the graveyard in presence of police.
Meanwhile, local Block Development Officer (BDO) Manas Dandpat said that he was not approached by anyone for the legal heir of late Kalra Munda. "Today only, I came to know about it. We will see what can be done to resolve the issue," the BDO said.
Meanwhile, bank sources said that the nominee in Kalra Munda's bank account was also dead. Therefore, Jeetu Munda was the lone claimant over the money deposited in her name.
The local administration has directed the bank officers to make arrangements and ensure that Jeetu Munda, who is the only claimant as per the rules, gets the money as soon as possible.
