PATNA: JD(U) on Monday appointed new presidents in the remaining nine districts where organizational elections could not be held in November last year due to various reasons including gross irregularities in the election process.
The party has 51 organisational districts in Bihar and it announced the election of district presidents for its 42 organisational districts on November 23 last year. The election of district presidents in the remaining nine organization districts – Madhepura, Muzaffarpur, Sheikhpura, Rohtas, Aurangabad, Muzaffarpur Nagar, Darbhanga Nagar, Katihar Nagar and Begusarai Nagar -- were postponed due to different reasons.
JD(U) state president Umesh Singh Kushwaha on Monday nominated new presidents for these nine districts. While former minister Ramesh Rishideo was nominated as the party’s district president of Madhepura, former MLA Randhir Kumar Soni (Sheikhpura), former MLA Ashok Kumar Singh (Aurangabad), Ram Babu Kushwaha (Muzaffarpur), Ajay Kushwaha (Rohtas), Anupam Singh (Muzaffarpur Nagar), Madhaw Jha (Darbhanga Nagar), Mukesh Kumar (Katihar Nagar) and Sanjay Singh was nominated for Begusarai Nagar district, a press note issued by the party state president said.
The JD(U) state president also nominated Mohammad Arshad as new president of Nalanda district. The post was vacant after the death of its last president Siya Sharan Thakur in January this year.
JD(U)’s then state election officer Janardan Prasad Singh on Monday said the election of Muzaffarpur district president was postponed due to the ongoing by-election in Kurhani assembly constituency, while the elections in other eight organizational districts were postponed due to complaints of large-scale irregularities by the respective district election officers.
He said the party had formed a three-member committee, headed by former MLC Haroon Rashid, to inquire into the complaints of irregularities in the eight organizational districts.
