RJD invites BJP ally RLSP to join Grand Alliance
Patna, June 10: The opposition Rashtriya Janta Dal in Bihar on Sunday invited BJP ally RLSP chief and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha, who had skipped an NDA meeting here this week, to join the Grand Alliance in the state.
Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav also accused the BJP of joining hands with Nitish Kunar's Janata Dal-United to conspire to break the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP).
Tejashwi Yadav said: "Upendra Kushwaha has been ignored and neglected in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. The BJP has been meting out to him stepmotherly treatment in the last four years. He should join the Grand Alliance in Bihar, which now comprises the RJD, Congress and Jitan Ram Majhi's Hindustan Awam Morcha," Tejashwi said.
Two days ago, Tejashwi had described Kushwaha as a leader with a bigger support base than Nitish Kumar.
Manjhi had invited Kushwaha on Friday to join the Grand Alliance, though the RLSP leader has remained silent on the offer.
Kushwaha had skipped the NDA meeting and then an 'Iftar' party of senior BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi here on Friday evening.
Ahead of the NDA meeting, RLSP leader Nagmani had said that Kushwaha should be the chief ministerial candidate of the NDA in the 2020 Assembly polls. Nagmani is a former Union Minister and considered close to Kushwaha.
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B'desh: Lawyer killed in clash between security personnel, followers of Hindu leader
Dhaka, Nov 26: A lawyer was killed on Tuesday during clashes between the security personnel and followers of a Hindu community leader, who was denied bail and sent to jail by a Bangladesh court, according to local media reports.
The victim was identified as Saiful Islam, a 35-year-old assistant public prosecutor and a member of the Chattogram District Bar Association, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
Citing Dr Nibedita Ghosh, a duty doctor at the emergency department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital, the paper said that six others were injured in the clashes that erupted after Chattogram’s Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate court denied bail to prominent Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, arrested on sedition charges.
Nazim Uddin Chowdhury, president of the Chittagong Lawyers' Association, said that protesters dragged a lawyer from beneath his chamber and hacked him to death.
As Das was being taken away in a police van, he addressed the crowd through a hand mike, urging them to remain calm.
Around 3 pm, the law enforcement agencies resorted to sound grenades, tear gas shells, and baton charges, dispersing the protesters.
Deputy Commissioner of City Police Liaquat Ali confirmed one death but said they were still investigating the cause.
The Daily Star newspaper reported that at least 10 people, including journalists, were injured during the clash.
