JD(U) state media cell chief quits party post

PATNA: JD(U) media cell president Dr Amardeep, who is considered close to former party president and Union steel minister RCP Singh, quit the party post on Wednesday.
In his resignation letter addressed to CM Nitish Kumar, Amardeep said he has been finding himself unable to discharge his responsibilities with self-respect.
The son of former Madhepura MP Prof Ramendra Kumar Yadav ‘Ravi’, Amardeep had been heading the JD(U) media cell ever since its establishment in 2017.Sources in JD(U) said Amardeep had been finding it difficult to discharge his responsibilities ever since Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan took over as the JD(U) president, replacing RCP. He had been facing pressure from the supporters of a rival camp within the JD(U) to include their names as the admin of the party’s different WhatsApp groups. Amardeep refused to do so.
Recently, Amardeep was accused of adopting partisan attitude in uploading videos related to speeches of senior party leaders to the official Twitter handle of the JD(U).
When contacted, Amardeep told TOI that he has mailed his resignation letter to the party’s top leadership. “I have quit the party post, not the JD(U) membership. I am still in the JD(U),” he said.