Former RJD MLA demands Bihar CM's resignation over loss in Kurhani by-polls

Former Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahini on Friday sought the resignation of the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on moral grounds after the defeat in the recently held assembly byelectionsThis is not the defeat of Mahagathbandhan but of Nitish Kumar that he lost a seat of RJD but the people of Kurhani have taught him a lesson If there is any morality left in Nitish Kumar he should resign and hand over the Chief Ministership to Tejashwi Yadav former RJD MLA saidThe Bharatiya Janata Party BJP won the Kurhani Assembly seat defeating the Janata Dal United by 3645 votesBJPs Kedar Prasad Gupta won the bypoll by securing 76722 votes while JD Us Manoj Kushwaha Singh got 73073 votes the Election Commission said on ThursdayCommenting on the poll results on Thursday Sushil Kumar Modi also said After the defeat in Gopalganj and now in Kurhani Assembly Bypoll Nitish Kumar should resign In the 2014 Lok Sabha Election Nitish Kumar was reduced to two seats in Bihar and then had to resign similarly he should accept that his popularity has decreasedNitish Kumars core voters are mostly from backward caste and most of them have chosen BJP though crores of rupees were distributed the day before polling night and yet JDU lost the election Sushil Modi told ANI on December 8He said that Kurhani bypoll result shows that the Grand Alliance has lost ground in the State especially under Nitish Kumars leadership Now people want change and Nitish Kumar should understand the time and resign from his post he reiteratedAlso read Democracy in shambles Abhishek on Saket Gokhales arrest after bail in GujaratAccording to the data of the Election Commission of India ECI Kurhani assembly seat in Bihar saw a 5790 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm on MondayWith the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD both in the direct fray in the contest to mark their victory at the Kurhani seat on Monday post the formation of the Chief Minister Nitish Kumarled Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar these elections were the first time when both the parties were in direct contest with each other and the BJP registered itself with a thumping victory hereThese elections were prompted after RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani was disqualified from the seat in a fraud caseAccording to the chargesheet filed by CBI in 2015 Anil Kumar Sahani a Janata DalUnited JDU MP from Bihar and others in the alleged LTC scam that broke out in 2013 with the probe agency claimed that they caused a loss of Rs 2371 lakh to the exchequerBesides Sahani others named in the CBI charge sheet were Anup Singh Panwar an employee of Delhibased Air Cruise Travels Private Limited N S Nair then Office Superintendent Traffic of Air India and a private person Arvind Tiwari The charge sheet was filed in the designated CBI court under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Indian Penal Code which included criminal conspiracy cheating forgery and abuse of official positionAccording to the CBI during the investigation it was found that Sahani in conspiracy with other persons allegedly used forged etickets and fake boarding passes to defraud Rajya Sabha to the tune of Rs 2371 lakh as travel and dearness allowance reimbursement without performing the actual journeyCBI registered the case in 2013 against Sahani and others on the allegations of claiming reimbursement from the Rajya Sabha Secretariat on the basis of forged air tickets and boarding passes in order to cheat the government The case was referred to the CBI by the Central Vigilance Commission CVCThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever