India, Oct. 3 -- A Janata Dal-United (JD-U) lawmaker from Khagaria district Sanjeev Kumar joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday.

Sanjeev Kumar, a first-time legislator from Parbatta, is son of former JD-U minister Ramanand Prasad Singh, who represented the assembly seat four times before stepping aside in 2020 to make way for Kumar.

RJD leader and leader of opposition in the assembly Tejashwi Yadav joined the event organised at Bhagwan High Court on Friday afternoon via video conference. Party leaders said he was to travel to the district for the function in person but didn't make it due to rain.

The JD-U insisted that Sanjeev Kumar's exit would not impact the party and cited the crowds at a programme organised dur...