The LJP is not part of the NDA in Bihar, Sushil Modi said.
Patna:
Nitish Kumar will be Bihar’s chief minister, no matter which coalition party gets the most seats in the elections that start later this month, his BJP deputy Sushil Modi said on Thursday, unequivocally dismissing any suggestion of a deal out the door. back with Lok from Chirag Paswan. Janshakti Party or LJP.
“It is a media creation of some grandfathered media houses. What is BJP’s interest if LJP is fighting JDU (Janata Dal United) and if that is why JDU loses seats, then LJP has the power to win more than 2-3 seats in Bihar? He told NDTV.
“Each and every leader has made it clear that LJP is not part of the NDA in Bihar. In each and every public meeting, I tell people, don’t waste your votes voting for the LJP candidates. They vote – This is a design of some strategist, of some brain, “Modi said.
Refusing to confirm if this “strategist” was Prashant Kishor, a former member of Nitish Kumar’s party, Modi said: “I will not name anyone. But I just want to say that if JDU gets fewer seats, then how will there be a stable government in Bihar? “
The chief deputy minister also confirmed that Nitish Kumar will lead the state even if the BJP wins more seats. “We say this because the number of seats is not important. How many seats the BJP or JDU wins, Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister,” he said.
“Let me remind you that in 2000, we had 64 MLAs and Nitish Kumar’s party had only 36 or 37 MLAs. Still, Nitish Kumar was the Chief Minister,” Modi added.
When asked about his party’s position of contesting almost the same number of seats as Nitish Kumar’s party, he said: “It is very difficult to explain why in public. We are fighting for the same number of seats. But it has been decided. what [ally Jitan Ram] Manjhi seats will be adjusted in your quota. Y [another ally] VIP seats will be adjusted in the BJP quota. “
“So now, the VIP is fighting 11 seats. In that way, the number of seats fought by the JDU is four or five more than the BJP. Because 121 BJP had [but] we are fighting only 110 seats in our symbol, “he added.
Bihar will vote on October 28, November 3 and 7 for a new government and the results will be announced on November 10.
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