Former Union Steel Minister R.C.P. Singh on Saturday resigned from the Janata Dal (United) after the party sought an explanation from him over the allegation that he amassed “huge property” in the name of his family members between 2013 and 2022.
In a letter to Mr. Singh on August 4, State party president Umesh Singh Kushwaha asked him to “respond point-wise” to the charges that he purchased as many as 58 plots in the name of his wife and two daughters.
“JD(U) is a sinking ship. Nitish Kumar will never become Prime Minister,” Mr. Singh told reporters after resigning from the party from his ancestral home in Nalanda district.