Former Congress leader Baljit Singh Bittu has been appointed national president of Kisan Prakosth (farmers’ cell) of the Rashtriya Lok Dal.
Senior RLD leader Surendra Nath Trivedi told media persons in Lucknow on Thursday that party's national president Jayant Chaudhary appointed Bittu as chief of the farmers’ cell.
"Bittu hails from Raipur and the decision to appoint him to lead the farmers’ cell of the RLD was taken at a meeting at the party office in New Delhi. Bittu has served in various capacities in Youth Congress and has also held the post of UPCC general secretary and in-charge of Lok Sabha elections in Pilibhit," he said.
Trivedi added that Bittu was very impressed with the ideology of late Prime Minister and farmers’ leader Chaudhary Charan Singh and hence decided to join the party.
Team RLD national convener Anupam Mishra congratulated Bittu on his appointment and said that the RLD farmers’ cell would achieve success under his leadership.
RLD sources said that Bittu’s appointment was an attempt to use his political connections among people in Rampur where Lok Sabha bypoll is being held.
The RLD has released the list of its star campaigners for the Azamgarh and Rampur parliamentary by-elections.
The list of star campaigners includes names of RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary, Anupam Mishra, four former MLAs, three former MPs and party’s state president Ramashish Rai. The list does not have names of Anil Dubey and Rohit Agarwal.