A few months before the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, BJP leader and Union minister RK Singh claimed on Friday that the saffron party is capable of forming a government of its own in the state, adding that without However, his party does not want to break its association with Janata Dal (United), and this was also true the other way around.
The two parties, the minister said, have been associated since 1996.
“We can form a government on our own, in Bihar, there is no doubt about it. But, we’ve been in partnership with JD (U) since 1996, and we don’t want to break it, and neither do they. We don’t leave our friends, ”Singh, Arrah MP, Lok Sabha from the BJP, told the ANI news agency.
On the question of participation in the seats, the Union Energy Minister said that it will be decided soon, adding: “The process will be finished without problems as there are no differences between us … The results of the Lok survey Sabha have clearly shown the voting base of BJP and PM Modi. Therefore, the division of seats should be based solely on that. “
The minister’s remarks come in the context of recent tensions between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD (U) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) led by Chirag Paswan. On Wednesday, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) joined the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is also part of the BJP, JD (U) and LJP.
The 2020 Bihar Assembly elections are likely to take place in October-November.
The BJP came to power in Bihar in July 2017 after the collapse of the then ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’, forming a coalition with the JD (U) to form a government in the state with Nitish Kumar as chief minister.
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