# RLD state president quits, slams BJP and communal polarisation 2026-08-18T06:22:17+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Ramashish Rai has resigned as the Uttar Pradesh president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), accusing the party of abandoning its ideology by allying with the BJP. Rai said he learned about the BJP-RLD alliance from the media while accompanying Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Varanasi in 2024. Rai told Rediff.com that the BJP government is "sponsoring communal polarisation" and "weakening democracy." He alleged that corruption and communalism have peaked, and the government is buying out opposition MLAs and MPs. Rai also said the Nal Jal Yojana has failed, with households receiving bills but no water. Rai took a swipe at RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary for choosing power over ideology after the BJP conferred the Bharat Ratna on Charan Singh. He claimed there is anger on the ground against the BJP and that people are awakening to its misrule. ## Coverage - rediff.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: BJP, Charan Singh, Jayant Chaudhary, Ramashish Rai, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Uttar Pradesh Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rld-state-president-quits-slams-bjp-and-communal-polarisation/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rld-state-president-quits-slams-bjp-and-communal-polarisation/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/