PATNA, Dec. 26 -- Days after Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) president Upendra Kushwaha announced that the party and its organisation would be expanded not only in Bihar but also in other states, the RLM, an NDA ally, has been hit by dissidence following preference of family members on plum party posts.

The RLM, which won on four out of the six seats it contested in recently concluded assembly polls, is facing dissidence from its three MLAs, who called some of the "unilateral decisions taken by party president Upendra Kushwaha as suicidal." The fourth MLA is Upendra Kushwaha's wife, Snehlata, who won from Sasaram.

The show of dissent by three of the four MLAs may even jeopardise the chances of Kushwaha getting elected to Rajya Sabha. Six Raj...