Ahmedabad Times

“My son, Chetan Anand, who saved the Nitish Kumar authorities in the course of the ground take a look at in 2024, ought to have been made a minister. Jo sarkar bachayega, wo sarkar chalayega bhi (Those that can save the federal government can even run the federal government). However some leaders within the get together have been making folks ministers by accepting cash,” Singh alleged.

To answer Singh’s allegations, the JD(U) fielded two Rajput leaders of its personal — minister Lesi Singh and MLC Sanjay Singh. “No energy on Earth can bury Nitish Kumar alive,” stated Lesi Singh. Sanjay Singh requested Anand Mohan if his spouse, Pretty Anand, the Sheohar JD(U) MP, and son Chetan Anand, the get together’s MLA from Nabinagar (Aurangabad), had acquired their tickets on “consideration of any cash”.

JD(U) sources stated Anand Mohan Singh had been peeved about his son lacking out on a ministerial berth. “Mohan can also be upset at Sheohar MLA Shweta Gupta turning into a minister. Chetan Anand, who had beforehand represented Sheohar for the RJD, joined the JD(U) in 2024. He was moved to Nabinagar as a result of his possibilities of profitable from Sheohar had been skinny. However the Anand Mohan household holds this in opposition to the get together,” stated a JD(U) supply.

Anand Mohan Singh, who rose to prominence for difficult Lalu Prasad within the Nineteen Nineties, has switched sides a number of occasions. As a result of he was lodged in jail for an extended interval, his political affect waned. His spouse, Pretty Anand, tried to maintain his politics afloat by proxy, however noticed restricted success till their son, Chetan Anand, turned an MLA within the 2020 election, and she or he received the Sheohar MP seat within the 2024 polls. The BJP had dropped its sitting MP, Rama Devi, in order that the JD(U) may discipline Pretty Anand.

The household wields sizeable affect among the many upper-caste neighborhood within the Kosi belt of Saharsa, Madhepura, and Supaul. Anand Mohan, who tried to grow to be the voice of the higher castes in the course of the Mandal motion, briefly discovered resonance with upper-caste voters. As of now, his affect is essentially restricted to the Kosi area.