Patna (Bihar) [India], October 11 : BJP MLA from Alinagar Assembly constituency, Mishirilal Yadav, on Saturday announced his resignation from the party, alleging that the party is "anti-backwards class" and has "insulted" him.
The resignation comes ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, the first phase of which is scheduled to take place on November 6.
"Today, not only the backward Dalits but also I am being insulted; my self-respect as an MLA is also being hurt. It has become difficult for an MLA like me to maintain my self-respect within the BJP," Mishirilal Yadav said.
"I am resigning today through a letter to the President of the Bihar BJP and also by visiting him... Because of me, the NDA won in two assembly constituencies... BJP is anti-backwards class," he added.
Yadav won the Alinagar Assembly constituency on the ticket from Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) in the 2020 assembly election.
Mishirilal Yadav, along with all the party MLAs, joined the BJP in 2022 after the VIP President, Mukesh Sahni, was expelled from the Nitish Kumar cabinet.
Vikassheel Insaan Party is part of the Mahagathbandhan alliance, which comprises Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and other left parties, including CPI, CPI (ML), in Bihar.
Earlier, Janata Dal (United)'s former lawmakers, Santosh Kumar Kushwaha and Rahul Sharma, have joined the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections
Former Purnea MP Santosh Kushwaha reasoned that the party's unfair distribution of power and lack of touch with ground reality led to his decision.
"Right now, JDU is in the hands of a few people... Its leadership is handled by people who have no experience of ground reality. We said that there can be no compromise on self-respect. None of our concerns were heard... I am confident that under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav, Bihar will move forward, and on 14 November, a government will be formed under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav," he said.
Former MLA from Ghosi assembly constituency, Rahul Sharma, expressed his disappointment with the government's representatives behind his decision to leave JDU.
The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections. The 243 Assembly seats will go to the polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with counting scheduled for November 14.
This upcoming electoral contest will be between the NDA, led by the BJP, and Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), and the INDIA bloc, led by Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). The INDIA bloc also includes the Congress party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) led by Deepankar Bhattacharya, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and Mukesh Sahani's Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP). Additionally, Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj has also staked claims on all 243 seats of the state.