Patna: Lok Sabha member from Munger, Rajiv
Ranjan Singh alias Lalan has been elected unopposed the JD-U
Bihar state chief for the second consecutive term, party
sources said on Saturday.
"Till last date of filing nomination, Lalan alone has been
left in the fray," the party's poll presiding officer
Chandeshwar Prasad Chandravansi told a news agency.
He said though Lalan was declared elected unopposed to
head the party's state unit for the second term in a row, a
formal announcement would be made at the state JD-U executive
committee meeting here tomorrow.
Lalan's name for the post was proposed Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar and seconded by state Water Resources
minister Jagdanand Singh.
Much significance is being attached to the executive
committee meet in the wake of the ruling party performing
poorly in the bypolls to 18 assembly seats in Bihar in
September, party insiders say.
The meeting would discuss Kumar's report card during the
past four years of his becoming chief minister and evolve
strategy to further expand and strengthen the party
organisation.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 11:06