Patna, March 24 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and four-time Bihar MP Lal Muni Choubey Monday announced that he has quit the party and will contest as an independent from Buxar.
Lal Muni Choubey was upset after he was denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha polls. BJP fielded another leader Ashwini Kumar Chaubey who was health minister in the Nitish Kumar government and hails from Bhagalpur.
"I have resigned from the BJP and am announcing here that I will contest as an independent from Buxar," Choubey, who was considered close to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said at a press conference here.
Choubey's announcement came on a day when another senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh filed his nomination from Rajasthan's Barmer seat as an independent candidate.
Choubey said that he will also campaign against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi who is contesting from Varanasi.
"I will visit Varanasi to campaign against Modi," he said.
He said that he was hurt by the way the BJP is treating its stalwarts like Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Jaswant Singh.
"I cannot tolerate humiliation to Vajpayee, Advani and Jaswant in the party," he said.
Choubey reiterated that top BJP leaders have been neglected by the party and said that Vajpayee is being treated like a living dead while Advani and Jaswant have been ignored.
Choubey added he was having no ties with the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). "I was never a member of RSS and have nothing to do with it," he said.
Chaubey was elected for the first time from Buxar parliamentary constituency in 1996. He represented the seat continuously till 2009 when he lost to RJD leader Jagadanand Singh by 2,000 votes.
India Vs Australia: A three-match T20 series will be played between India and Australia from Sept
The cryptocurrency market is showing slight gains. Bitcoin, the world's largest digital token, is
Attention Making derogatory or indecent remarks against people belonging to Scheduled Castes and
Ban Sale of Loose Cigarettes, PM urged
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) Voice of Tobacco Victims (VoTV), an organisation here consist
From the academic session 2022-23 in central universities, now admission to undergraduate and pos
After Srilanka-Pakistan, why has the economy of Bangladesh become crispy now?
Tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets in Dhaka to protest against the Bangladeshi
Tension is increasing between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep S
Restoration of Sher Shah Gate to be completed in 2016
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The restoration work on the Sher Shah Gate, opposite Purana Qila, is
Take Money from BJP, Congress, vote for AAP: Kejriwal
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday appealed to the peo
Police planted false evidence, Uber cab driver tells court
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Uber cab driver, accused of raping a woman executive he was ferryi
