LUCKNOW: National spokesperson of BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Rohit Jhakhar, resigned from primary membership of the party on Friday in protest against BJP ticket to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s son Karan from Kaiserganj. Jhakhar, who is also president of the Rashtriya Jat Mahasangh, has been extending support to wrestlers who have accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment. “BJP’s decision to give ticket to the son of a person who is facing such heinous charges is highly objectionable,” he said.
Jhakar is the third key RLD leader to resign from the party after it joined BJP in Feb this year. Earlier, RLD vice-president Shahid Siddiqui had quit the party flagging the “attack on Indian democracy” in the wake of alleged BJP govt’s action against chief ministers and the opposition. RLD’s national campaign chief Prashant Kannaujia too had resigned saying he cannot work in alliance with BJP “which is against the Constitution.”
Jhakhar has been extending support to wrestlers who have accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment
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