Shyam Rajak
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Former Bihar minister Shyam Rajak, who resigned from the post of national general secretary of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party Rashtriya Janata Dal and primary membership of the party, is going to join Janata Dal United today i.e. on 1 September after remaining independent for 10 days. JDU’s acting national president Sanjay Jha will get him the party membership. This is his second innings in JDU. Last time also he came directly from RJD to JDU and this time also he is going to do the same. In a conversation with ‘Amar Ujala’, he told that he has got assurance from JDU for his favorite Phulwarisharif assembly seat and on January 1, he will go to JDU and start working hard for the party in the assembly elections from now itself.
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When RJD-Congress was in power in Bihar, Shyam Rajak was famous as the energy minister. After 2005, when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took over the chair in Bihar, Shyam Rajak remained loyal to RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav, but then due to not getting a proper place in the party, he joined the ruling JDU. Shyam Rajak said in a conversation with ‘Amar Ujala’ that “Late VP Singh, RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are aware of my hard work, but last time also I left RJD only when the trust was broken. This time there was a period of conspiracies and false assurances, due to which I have left RJD fed up. CM Nitish Kumar had given me a chance in his government. Due to some misunderstandings, I had gone from JDU to RJD, but now the whole truth has come out. I will formally join JDU on September 1 and then will put all my strength in the assembly elections for the party.” On the question of what he expects from JDU, Shyam Rajak said, “I have got the assurance that I will contest the election from my constituency Phulwarisharif. This was not a condition, but I have got the assurance.”
