The cooperative fight in Bihar has taken ugly turn with JDU combine and RJD pit
ted against each other on the issue of Cooperative Minister Ramadhar Singh’s sacking.
RJD’s demand for removal of the Minister is getting louder with Leader of the opposition in Bihar Abdul Bari Siddique asking Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to sack him.
Readers may be aware that Cooperative minister Ramadhar Singh is said to be an absconder for the last 16 years. A case had been registered against Singh for rendering a communal speech in Aurangabad district in 1992.
Singh was declared an absconder by a court in May 1995 after he repeatedly failed to appear before it in connection with a case registered against him by Aurangabad district administration on December 17, 1992 for giving a communal and inflammatory speech against the minority community.
Minister on his part says that he is not a criminal as neither a case of dacoity nor murder has been registered against me.
The demand for sacking the Minister cannot be seen in isolation of what the Minister has done to reduce the influence of RJD which was practically controlling cooperatives in Bihar. aAmong other things, Minister Ramadhar Singh is locked in a fight to free BISOMAUN board of RJD’s influence.
Indiancooperative.com has reported earlier that Sunil Singh, the incumbent Chairman of Biscomaun has dared the Minister to spell Biscomaun properly. He promised to resign if the Minister does it correctly.
The Minister on his part ensured that red bacon fitted in the car of Biscomaun Chairman is removed. Biscomaun Chairman Sunil Singh’s attempt to convert the organization into multi-state cooperative society also failed earlier.
The fight between the two political outfits to control cooperative levers of power in the state is sure to go personal in coming days.
