In a major setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections, MLA Mishrilal Yadav resigned from the party on Saturday, citing “humiliation”.

Yadav, who represents Alinagar constituency in Darbhanga district, is a prominent leader from the Other Backwards Classes (OBC).

“We felt humiliated while in the BJP. We were tortured within the party, and our self-respect was not protected,” Yadav said at a press conference in Patna. He also alleged that Dalits and other backward communities were not getting their due in the organisation.

#WATCH | Patna, Bihar: On his resignation from the BJP, BJP leader Mishrilal Yadav says, "Today, not only the backward Dalits but also I am being insulted; my self-respect as an MLA is also being hurt. It has become difficult for an

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