Shooter Shreyashi Singh, her mother and former MP Putul Kumari likely to join Lalu Prasad-led RJD

PATNA: Shreyasi Singh, who is a national-level shooter and has won gold medal in 2018 Commonwealth Games, and her mother Putul Kumari (former MP from Banka) are likely to join Lalu Prasad-led RJD in the first week of September here.
Sources in the RJD said, the party chief Lalu Prasad has already given a green signal for joining Shreyashi and her mother in the party.
“Putul Kumari, widow of former Union minister late Digvijay Singh, is right now in Delhi. She will join the RJD in the presence of former CM Rabri Devi once she and her daughter return to the state capital. She has told us she will join in the first week of September. The date will be announced in a day or two,” a senior RJD leader familiar with the development, told TOI on Sunday.
Two senior bureaucrats, one of them from Jharkhand cadre, played a vital role in opening a channel of talks between Putul Kumari and senior RJD leaders, sources said.
“Shreyasi Singh, daughter of late Digvijay Singh, will most probably contest the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections on RJD ticket from Amarpur seat in Banka district,” the RJD leader who didn’t want to be identified, said.
Contacted over phone, Shreyashi told TOI on Sunday that she too heard about media reporting about her and her mother’s joining in the RJD. “I will not make any comment on these issues. Statements on these political matters will be given by my mother. Please contact my mother,” Shreyashi told TOI. She however, neither denied nor confirmed the media reports about her and her mother’s joining in the RJD. “I am not saying anything on these issues,” she said.
Calls made on Putul Kumari’s both mobile numbers were picked up by her personal assistant (PA) Chandra Shekhar Singh. When asked about Putul’s likely joining in the RJD, Singh said things would be cleared in a few days. “Madam is not taking calls from any media house. I will convey your message to her,” he said.
Putul Kumari was an independent MP from Banka parliamentary seat. She won the seat in a by-election in 2010 after the demise of her husband. Earlier, her husband Digvijay Singh won Banka seat in 2009 Lok Sabha elections as an independent after JD(U) did not give him party symbol.