Bihar elections 2025: Former Minister of Union Ramchandra Prasad Singh, popularly known as RCP Singh, joined each other on Sunday with his old Detractor Prashant Kishor. Singh merged his monkey Sabki Awaaz Party (ASAP) with the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) of Kishor – months before the elections of Bihar Assembly 2025.
The merger means political enemies that become friends. RCP Singh and Kishor were known as fierce rivals during their stints in the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-guided Janata Dal (United). On Sunday, however, the two leaders praised each other.
“I was fascinated by how the JSP talked about issues that the common man entered into. We are committed to working on making Bihar's beautiful and prosperous,” said Singh, putting on the yellow scarf of the JSP while he was in the party in the party in the party.
Does it affect Nitish Kumar?
How will the merger influence the political landscape in Poll Bound Bihar? Singh, former national president of JD (U), is a well -known OBC Kurmi face of Nalanda – considered the Fort of Nitish Kumar.
Singh, said expert, can help the JSP in consolidating part of the Kurmi community – known as a core selection of Nitish – to his advantage. Kishor's party can get a boost under Kurmis, but not much, they said. . than a massive leader Singh is known for his organizational skills as a strategist.
“Vanuit het optische perspectief zouden zowel RCP als Kishor, voormalige Nitish-assistenten, komen als een sterkere kracht in het richten van de JD-U-chef voorafgaand aan verkiezingen. Ze zouden proberen een bericht te sturen over hoe twee voormalige assistenten van Nitish Kumar tegen hem zijn gegaan,” zei Amitabh Tiwari, politieke strateeg en oprichter van Stemvibe, een nieuw gevallen bedrijf bij de voorste firms in de Promts from the political reach and sentiment analysis.
The highest Kurmi face?
The Kurmi, together with Zusterkast Koeri, which makes up about 7-8 8 percent of the Electorate of Bihar, is an important voice block, in particular in districts such as Nalanda, Arwal and Jehanabad of the State region of the State region.
Apart from the form of Nitish Kumar and his JD-U, the prevailing National Democratic Alliance (NDA) depends on Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) to get the support of the Kurmi-Kuri (Luv-kush) ballot basis.
The 243-person Bihar meeting votes by October-November to choose a new government.
Responding to this new alliance, former Deputy Prime Minister Tejashwi Yadav has dropped strong hints that the BJP could orchestrate the merger behind the scenes.
“Both were in JD (U), one a national vice -president, the other a national president. Who does all this and how it happens, people from Bihar know everything,” said Tejashwi as he had interact with the journalists in Patna.
Two JD (U) rebels have met
“When two rebels from JD (U) have come together, everyone whose game is this is. We don't have to say much. People look at everything,” he said.
RCP Singh is an IAS officer from 1984 who first came into contact with Nitish in 2001, when the JD (U) Chief Union was Minister of Railways Minister. When Nitish became bihar cm in 2005, RCP Singh was transferred to Bihar next year as a civil servant.
Later Singh became known as one of the most powerful bureaucrat in Bihar and an important Nitish assistant. In 2010, Singh took voluntary retirement of the civil services and formally joined the JD (U), where he became known as an organizational man who functioned from behind the stage.
Kishor and RCP Singh's JD (U) Days
In 2018, Kishor, the political strategist that became a politician, joined the JD (U) as his national vice president. It is said that Kishor's accession did not go well with RCP Singh because he felt insecure. RCP Singh, however, continued to call on the shots in the JD (U)
A 'Cold War' followed between Kishor and RCP Singh. Kishor stopped the JD (U) in January 2020 and eventually launched his political party Jan Suraaj party in October 2024
RCP Singh, however, emerged to become the JD (U) national president. In July 2021, RCP Singh ordered the Lone Union Cabinet berth of the party of the party in the second government of Narendra Modi. This is perhaps Van Streek Lalan Singh, the Defacto number 2 in JD (U)
RCP Singh resigned from Union Cabinet in 2022 and later at the JD (U) after being overlooked for hernoming of the Rajya Sabha. He joined the BJP in May 2023. Nitish returned to the NDA in January 2024. Singh was driving his AAP Sabki Awaaz party last November.
After merging the forces of the two new friends in Bihar, they are expected to escalate their attack on Nitish Kumar. Kishor was planning to launch a characteristic campaign in Nalanda and protested against the alleged failure of the state government to realize its promise £ 2 Lakh to 94 Lakh poor families. However, he was not allowed to enter the village.
“As far as the impact on the ground is concerned, I don't see that happening much. Whatever the perception says, Nitish Kumar is perhaps the longest Kurmi leader in Bihar from now on,” Tiwari said.
