Patna (Bihar) : For the last several days, speculation is rife that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will soon take a final decision on appointing a new national president of JDU. This is expected to happen in the next meeting of the national council and executive of the JDU. Nitish Kumar had a meeting with party present national president Lalan Singh two days ago.
After that, speculation started about the new national president. As of now, no one from the party side is officially confirming about Lalan Singh's resignation. Those close to Lalan Singh are also saying that he is not able to devote much time to his parliamentary constituency which is why he is reluctant to continue as the national president. Amidst this, it is believed that JDU will soon get a new national president.
JDU's national spokesperson and advisor KC Tyagi said that Lalan Singh's resignation issue has not reached him yet and, when it would happen, the same would be announced to all. On the other hand, . When we get it, we will definitely tell. " Regarding the rumor of his resignation. JDU National General Secretary Afaq Khan said that he had no information about the resignation of the party present national president and it would be a different matter if Lalan Singh had sent such resignation directly to the Chief Minister.
The meeting of JDU's National Council and National Executive has been called on 28 and 29 December. There will be a meeting of the national office bearers on 28th December in which the agenda of the National Council will be decided. After the meeting of the National Council on 29th December, the decisions taken in the National Executive will be approved. There is talk that Nitish Kumar will take a decision on the name of the new national president of JDU in the meeting.
