Umesh Kushwaha Is New Bihar JDU President

Former legislator Umesh Kushwaha was on Sunday unanimously elected as the Janata Dal (United) Bihar unit president, in a bid to strengthen the ruling party's old support base.

The election of Mr Kushwaha, a former party MLA from Mahnar assembly constituency in Vaishali district, was ratified at the party's state council meeting.

"Party's Bihar unit Chief Bashishtha Narayan Singh proposed the name of Kushwaha for the party's state president post, which was unanimously approved by members present in the meeting," senior leader and MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh told reporters at a press conference.