Patna: A fortnight after he quit the BJP, former spokesman Ram Kishore Singh yesterday joined the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in the presence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Ram Kishore Singh resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party 13 days after his removal as spokesman for questioning Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity.
Yesterday, he joined the JD-U along with Ravinder Nandan, another former BJP leader. “We have joined the JD-U to strengthen the hands of Nitish Kumar for Bihar’s development,” he told the media here. Nandan said Nitish Kumar was the only hope for Bihar. Some JD-U leaders claim that more than a dozen BJP leaders will soon join their party.
BJP slams Delhi
on costly onions
New Delhi: The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday slammed the Congress government for the rise in prices of onions and other food items in the national capital.
Onions in the capital were being sold at prices as high as Rs.60-70 a kg, the BJP said.
“Under the present Congress regime, even the regular items of kitchen are vanishing from the dinner table. Onions are being sold at a price up to Rs.70 here. The case is also similar with tomatoes,” said Shikha Rai, Delhi BJP general Secretary. According to the BJP, the Congress government had failed to control price rise.
The opposition party alleged the central government had decided to export onions to Pakistan at a time when people in the country were facing a shortage.
Case against Himachal plant after gas leak
Shimla: A leading automotive parts manufacturing firm in Himachal Pradesh’s Parwanoo industrial unit was booked for negligence after leakage of gas from its plant, police said yesterday.
“A case against Federal Mogul Bearings India Ltd has been registered for alleged negligence in leakage of ammonia gas from its plant Saturday,” investigating officer Raghubir Singh told IANS.
He said investigations have been initiated under Section 336 of the Indian Penal Code. IANS
