NEW DELHI: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan had urged BJP Chairman JP Nadda to cast a saffron party leader as the main ministerial face of the NDA in Bihar, claiming there is a ” wave “against Prime Minister Nitish Kumar that could result in the loss of the ruling alliance at the ballot box of the state assembly.
In a letter to Nadda on September 24, which was published by the LJP on Thursday, Chirag accused Kumar of “insulting” his father Ram Vilas Paswan for a post in Rajya Sabha despite public assurances from top leaders in the NDA, including former BJP chair Amit Shah. He claimed that the JD (U) president had ignored the LJP founder’s poor health at a time when even Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls him frequently to inquire about his health.
Chirag Paswan also stated in his letter that even many BJP leaders are unhappy with Kumar’s performance and said that while Modi’s popularity had been on the rise, the opposite was true of the prime minister.
JD (U) spokesman Sanjay Singh declined to comment on the matter. A senior party leader said they could present a detailed reply in one day.
LJP sources said the reason behind the publication of the letter to the media is to explain the party’s decision to leave the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar and contest 143 seats in the 243-member assembly elections.
The party has said that it will compete in seats where the JD (U) is in the fray but not against the BJP.
Raising the issue of Kumar’s “insult” of his father, a Union minister, Chirag Paswan claimed that he had refused to support his candidacy for Rajya Sabha last year, forcing Ram Vilas Paswan to visit the Prime Minister to appease him.
“The LJP leaders are hurt and angry at the way the prime minister insulted the founder of our party, Ram Vilas Paswan,” he said.
In his letter, Chirag Paswan had also expressed concern about the absence of a seat-sharing agreement with his party until then and asked Nadda to allow the LJP to chart its own course in the Bihar polls if his presence posed any problem. for the alliance. an apparent reference to JD (U) ‘s decision not to enter into talks with the LJP.
“It goes without saying that no step of mine will not go against the interests of the BJP,” he had said.
In a letter to Nadda on September 24, which was published by the LJP on Thursday, Chirag accused Kumar of “insulting” his father Ram Vilas Paswan for a post in Rajya Sabha despite public assurances from top leaders in the NDA, including former BJP chair Amit Shah. He claimed that the JD (U) president had ignored the LJP founder’s poor health at a time when even Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls him frequently to inquire about his health.
Chirag Paswan also stated in his letter that even many BJP leaders are unhappy with Kumar’s performance and said that while Modi’s popularity had been on the rise, the opposite was true of the prime minister.
JD (U) spokesman Sanjay Singh declined to comment on the matter. A senior party leader said they could present a detailed reply in one day.
LJP sources said the reason behind the publication of the letter to the media is to explain the party’s decision to leave the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar and contest 143 seats in the 243-member assembly elections.
The party has said that it will compete in seats where the JD (U) is in the fray but not against the BJP.
Raising the issue of Kumar’s “insult” of his father, a Union minister, Chirag Paswan claimed that he had refused to support his candidacy for Rajya Sabha last year, forcing Ram Vilas Paswan to visit the Prime Minister to appease him.
“The LJP leaders are hurt and angry at the way the prime minister insulted the founder of our party, Ram Vilas Paswan,” he said.
In his letter, Chirag Paswan had also expressed concern about the absence of a seat-sharing agreement with his party until then and asked Nadda to allow the LJP to chart its own course in the Bihar polls if his presence posed any problem. for the alliance. an apparent reference to JD (U) ‘s decision not to enter into talks with the LJP.
“It goes without saying that no step of mine will not go against the interests of the BJP,” he had said.
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