13 MLAs desert Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar on Monday (February 24) split with 13 of the 22 legislators of the party pledging support to the Nitish Kumar government. The 13, including five belonging to the minority community met at the residence of party MLA Samrat Chaudhary and wrote a letter to Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary withdrawing allegiance from the RJD and expressing support to the Nitish Kumar government.