Ajay Alok resigns as JDU spokesperson, says he doesn't want to be a source of embarrassment for Nitish

Ajay Alok has resigned from the post of spokesman of Janata Dal United (JDU) as he doesn't want to be a source of embarrassment for party president and Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. However, he will remain a member of the party.

In a tweet, Ajay Alok said, “I have resigned as a Spokesperson from JDU as I think I am not doing good job as my views which are mine ofcourse do not match with my party , Thanks to my Party and my President who has always supported me and I don’t want to be a source of embarrassment for @NitishKumar.”

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I have resigned as a Spokesperson from JDU as I think I am not doing good job as my views which are mine ofcourse do not match with my party , Thanks to my Party and my President who has always supported me and I don’t want to be a source of embarrassment for @NitishKumar ,

— Dr Ajay Alok (@alok_ajay) June 13, 2019

 

In another tweet, Ajay Alok posted an image of his resignation letter.

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— Dr Ajay Alok (@alok_ajay) June 13, 2019

 

The resignation comes a day after Ajay Alok urged Union home minister Amit Shah to check the inflow of infiltrators and get the allegations investigated that some of the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed on the border were taking Rs 5,000 from each of the infiltrators from Bangladesh and Myanmar for entering Indian side.

Ajay Alok, son of a leading physician of Patna Dr Gopal Prasad Sinha, had unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as JD(U) candidate against BJP’s Shatrughan Sinha from Patna Saheb constituency. In the year 2016, Ajay Alok was removed from the post of spokesman of JDU. However, he was later appointed as JDU spokesperson again.