Ex-RJD Spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari Joins BJP Days After Quitting Party
Former RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari has officially joined the BJP in Bihar. This move follows his resignation from the RJD, where he cited feelings of suffocation and dissatisfaction with the party's leadership.
Why it matters
The defection of a prominent media face highlights ongoing political realignments in Bihar and internal instability within the RJD.
Former RJD spokesman Mrityunjay Tiwari on Friday joined the BJP, a week after severing ties with the opposition party in Bihar and venting spleen against its top leadership.Tiwari, who had for years been one of the most prominent faces of the RJD on news channels, was inducted into the BJP by its state president Sanjay Saraogi, in presence of senior leaders like the party's former Bihar unit chief Mangal Pandey.Welcoming Tiwari into the party fold, Saraogi said "he has always been a man who practices the politics of probity. He now finds his true home".Pandey, who is currently the BJP's in-charge for West Bengal, said "Tiwari has all through lived the ideals of cultural nationalism.
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