Bihar 2020 Assembly Elections: Chirag Paswan said he had “always” opposed Nitish Kumar.
New Delhi:
Chirag Paswan, who is attempting a deceptive maneuver by fighting his ally Nitish Kumar in the Bihar elections while still part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), says he will “100 percent” run candidates against those of the Chief Minister. match and do your best to defeat him.
“Our alliance with Nitish Kumar was a compulsion. Overnight he left the RJD and Congress, went over to the NDA and became prime minister again. We had no other choice. But we realized that Nitish Kumar He kept working on his own agenda and never listened to anyone. “Chirag Paswan, the head of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), told NDTV.
“Nitish Kumar’s agenda is the one that started with the RJD and Congress (and continued after breaking with them in 2017). Where is my party’s agenda in all of this?”
Chirag Paswan, whose father Ram Vilas Paswan is a minister in the BJP-led central government, announced that in the Bihar elections in October-November, his party will compete alone. He says he will work with the BJP, but ran candidates against Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JDU).
“Nitish Kumar will not be toppled by us, but by the voters,” he says.
His party is also presenting him as an alternative to Nitish Kumar’s job, even though the BJP leadership has supported the Chief Minister.
Because right now? The 37-year-old actor-turned-politician said he had “always” opposed Nitish Kumar. “Since 2013, when I entered politics, I had opposed Nitish Kumar. He was separated from the NDA by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We chose to stay with the Prime Minister in 2014. That decision remains the same,” he said. that there was no political opportunism in his decision just weeks before the elections.
He also said there was no pressure from the BJP to reconsider. He said that he had decided not to stay with Nitish Kumar the moment he realized that he “has no allies.” “I had no experience working with him. Then I realized that it was his own agenda and I didn’t listen to anything we said. I don’t have any personal quarrel with him. I have a problem with his policies and work style,” said said.
Following LJP’s individual plans, JDU and BJP are set to announce a 50:50 split in seating arrangements; each will accommodate a smaller ally on your part. Chirag Paswan’s decision to contest 143 of the state’s 243 seats means there may be an overlap with the BJP on some seats.
Chirag Paswan admitted that there could be “friendly fights” in some seats where his party’s candidates may face BJP rivals. “But we are clear that we will help the BJP to form the government. On November 10, Bihar will have a true dual-engine government,” he said.
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