The three expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs -- Maheshwar Prasad Yadav, Prema Chaudhary, and Faraz Fatmi will join the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Monday, sources in the JD-U said on this day. Sources told news agency ANI that the three MLAs will join the Nitish Kumar led JD-U later in the day. The three expelled RJD leaders are Gaighat MLA Maheshwar Prasad Yadav, Patepur MLA Prema Chaudhary, and Keoti MLA Faraz Fatmi. Earlier yesterday, RJD had expelled its three MLAs for six years due to their involvement in anti-party activities, a party official said. Assembly elections in Bihar are due in October-November and the tenure of the current Assembly is scheduled to end on November 29.

Source: dna August 17, 2020 06:11 UTC