BJP says Chirag Paswan's LJP will contest as ally in Bihar; Cong's 'weather scientist' dig

NEW DELHI: Union curate Chirag Paswan's declaration that his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) would tract candidates connected "all 243 seats" successful poll-bound Bihar has prompted state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to connection their knowing of his statement, portion the Congress has predicted that helium is each acceptable to permission the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).According to elder BJP person Shahnawaz Hussain, Paswan meant that LJP would contention each 243 seats "as an NDA constituent.""Chirag Paswan is simply a beardown state of the BJP. He is curate successful cardinal government, we had fought the elections together, hence won 30 (out of 40 Lok Sabha) seats. This clip arsenic well, arsenic an state of NDA, they volition beryllium warring connected 243 seats; seat-sharing is different thing, we volition combat together, and triumph 200 seats," Hussain told quality bureau PTI.On the different hand, the Congress, a subordinate of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led absorption Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), said that the LJP chief's remark is "not a bully sign" for the ruling coalition."Chirag Paswan is simply a Union curate and what helium said is not a bully motion for the NDA. On 1 side, they are saying that the NDA volition contention the Bihar assembly elections together; connected the different side, helium is saying that helium volition contention connected each 243 seats," Congress spokesperson Pramod Tiwari stated.

"I think, nether the enactment of CM Nitish Kumar, the BJP volition beryllium wiped retired of Bihar this clip and galore of the 'weather scientists' volition permission the NDA," helium quipped.

Tiwari's "weather scientist" remark was an indirect notation to the actor-turned-politician's father, the precocious Ram Vilas Paswan, who ever managed to state with the winning broadside and unafraid a Cabinet spot for himself. Can Chirag Paswan power Bihar assembly polls?LJP has 5 members (including Paswan) successful the Lok Sabha from Bihar, retired of NDA's 30 Lok Sabha MPs from the state.

The enactment won each 5 seats which it contested, and ended with a ballot stock of 6.5 per cent.In the erstwhile 2020 assembly polls successful Bihar, LJP fought independently, and gave candidates connected 137 constituencies. While it secured lone a azygous win, it ended up harming Janata Dal (United) of main curate Nitish Kumar, a BJP ally. A post-poll survey showed that LJP candidates impacted astir 29 of the 58 constituencies that the JD(U) was trailing on.As a result, BJP emerged arsenic the second-largest enactment successful the authorities with 74 seats; lone RJD (75) was ahead. JD(U) was 3rd with lone 43 wins, with BJP winning much seats than its spouse for the archetypal time.