CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Today is the second day of the two-day review meeting of Rashtriya Janata Dal. Before today's meeting, a meeting of all the MPs of the party was held. An important decision was taken in this meeting. The name of the leader of the parliamentary party in the Lok Sabha and the chief whip in the Rajya Sabha was approved. RJD's chief spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav, while talking to reporters, informed that the party has decided that Abhay Kushwaha will be the leader of the parliamentary party in the Lok Sabha. National President Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav have taken this decision. Rashtriya Janata Dal has declared newly elected MP from Aurangabad Abhay Kushwaha as the leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Abhay Kushwaha defeated BJP MP Sushil Singh. Abhay Kushwaha comes from the Koiri community and this time the Grand Alliance had played its political bet on the Kushwaha community. Eight Kushwaha candidates were given tickets in Lok Sabha. Surendra Prasad Yadav has been appointed as the Chief Whip by the party in Lok Sabha. Surendra Yadav has been elected as the Lok Sabha MP from Jehanabad. Surendra Yadav has been a Lok Sabha MP from Jehanabad earlier as well. He has also been the MLA of Belagnj Assembly constituency seven times. Rashtriya Janata Dal has appointed Fayaz Ahmed, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, as the Chief Whip in Rajya Sabha in place of Misa Bharti. Fayaz Ahmed is originally from Madhubani district. He has been a JDU MLA from Bisfi Assembly constituency of Madhubani district and later as an RJD MLA. Misa Bharti will resign from Rajya Sabha due to her winning the Lok Sabha elections. It has been decided to appoint Fayaz Ahmed as the party's Chief Whip in Rajya Sabha in her place.