PATNA: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari on Thursday announced his resignation from the party, alleging that it had “no space for dedicated and loyal workers”.Tiwari, one of the party’s most prominent public faces for several years, announced his decision through an emotional video released late on Thursday evening.“Today, I resigned from all my posts in the party. I did so in the presence of state president Mangani Lal Mandal and other senior leaders whom I told that there was no point in remaining in the party while enduring humiliation,” he said.An upper-caste leader who frequently defended the pro-Mandal Commission party in the media, Tiwari thanked RJD president Lalu Prasad for entrusting him with the responsibilities of spokesperson and media in-charge in 2014, news agency PTI reported.He said he had conveyed his concerns to RJD working president and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav.“But there are many people in the party who are hollowing it like termites. Sadly, Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition, seems surrounded by such elements,” Tiwari said, without elaborating further.The RJD has not issued any statement on whether his resignation has been accepted.Meanwhile, speculation is rife in a section of the media that Tiwari may join the ruling NDA.(With agency inputs)
