NEW DELHI : Rahstriya Janata Dal (RJD) witnessed a vertical split on Tuesday after five of its eight Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) quit the opposition party and joined the ruling Janata Dal (United) or JDU.
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, a close confidant of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and one of its founding members, also resigned as the national vice-president of the party today.In the absence of five of its MLCs, Rabri Devi, former Bihar CM and wife of RJD chief, would lose the status of leader of opposition in the Upper House of the state.“There is discontent in the party for too long now and it is visible in the public.