The NDA on Monday gained all of the 5 Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar regardless of being brief on seats with the marginal help of 4 opposition MLAs (three from the Congress and one from the RJD). Didn’t come to vote for varied causes.
RJD’s Dhaka MP Faisal Rahman mentioned, “I can’t vote due to my mom’s sickness,” whereas Congress MLAs Surendra Kushwaha (Valmiki Nagar), Manohar Prasad (Manihari) and Manoj Vishwas (Forbusganj) mentioned they didn’t vote as a result of they have been “not appreciated by the RJD.”
Right here we are going to introduce 4 members.
Faisal Rahman
Rahman, 40, who’s a first-time MLA, is the son of former Congress chief Motiur Rahman. Within the 2025 meeting elections, Rahman defeated incumbent BJP MLA Pawan Kumar Jaiswal by a slender margin of 178 votes.
“I had knowledgeable (RJD chief) Tejashwi Yadav about my mom’s sickness and he assured me that it could be taken care of. However my mom’s situation deteriorated only a day earlier than the elections. What can my son do in such a state of affairs?” he mentioned.
Surendra Kushwaha
Kushwaha, 61, who can be a first-time MLA, defeated incumbent JD(U) MLA Dhirendra Pratap Singh within the 2025 polls by a margin of simply over 1,600 votes. Surendra joined the Congress forward of the Meeting polls forward of Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).
“I had heard that Tejashwi could be the opposition candidate. Since he was not within the fray, there was no level in voting for another person (AD Singh). Additionally, (Bihar Congress president) Rajesh Ram had simply texted me to vote for the RJD candidate. There was no name. My vote had no respect or worth, so I most popular to remain house,” he mentioned.
Manoj Vishwas
Vishwas, 38, who has been related to the RJD for a few years and likewise served because the celebration’s Araria district basic secretary, joined the Congress forward of the meeting elections.
He reportedly bagged the Congress ticket with the help of impartial Purnia MP Pappu Yadav and defeated two-time MLA Vidya Sagar Keshri by a margin of 221 votes.
On avoiding voting, Vishwas mentioned he was not appreciated by the RJD. “However I am very cooperative with Congress,” he added.
Manohar Prasad Singh
Mr Singh, 76, is a former police officer and four-time MLA who began campaigning for the JD(U) in 2010. He joined parliament forward of the 2015 vote and gained the seat thrice in a row as a candidate.
Commenting on his abstention from the Rajya Sabha polls, Singh mentioned he noticed no cause to vote for an RJD candidate. “They need to have fielded widespread employees. Neither the RJD nor the Congress requested me to vote for AD Singh,” he mentioned.
How did the events react?
Tejashwi mentioned the Rajya Sabha outcomes “revealed the character of the NDA as soon as once more” and added, “We’ll determine what motion to take towards the MLAs at a later stage. We have been six MLAs brief, whereas the NDA was simply three wanting the magic variety of 41. However we’re decided to combat nonetheless.”
Congress spokesperson Asit Nath Tiwari termed the 4 MLAs’ excuses as “unconvincing and informal”. “They did not vote as a result of they have been intimidated or bribed by central authorities,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, Bharatiya Janata Social gathering state vice chairman Santosh Pathak mentioned the NDA gained as a result of it had the numbers. “If the opposition couldn’t make up the numbers, they need to introspect as a substitute of blaming and blaming us,” he added.
