Updated: October 21, 2020 2:17:03 pm
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chairman Chirag Paswan with state president and deputy Prince Kumar publishes party manifesto ahead of Bihar assembly elections (PTI)
Launching the LJP election campaign after the passing of his father Ram Vilas Paswan, Chirag Paswan launched the party manifesto “Bihar First Bihari First” on Wednesday as he continues his attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“Today, with the release of our party’s manifesto for the Bihar assembly elections, I present our vision of ‘Bihar 1st Bihari 1st’ that will solve various problems that the people of Bihar have been facing,” Paswan said.
The construction of a web portal where job seekers and employers can connect directly, constituting a Youth Commission, separate toilets for women in all block headquarters, gram panchayat headquarters and markets, connecting all rivers By creating canals to prevent floods and droughts are some of the top promising surveys that found mention in the LJP manifesto.
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The creation of food processing units and the implementation of the “Denmark model” to boost Bihar’s newspaper industry are some of the other key findings of the manifesto. The manifesto also seeks to promote spiritual tourism in Sitamarhi on the Ayodhya line in Uttar Pradesh. Also mentioned is the development of state-of-the-art engineering and medical institutions to prevent young people from leaving the state.
Paswan, who split from the NDA citing ideological differences with JD (U), said that if Nitish Kumar won the election by mistake, the state would be on the brink of ruin.
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“If the current Chief Minister wins this election by mistake, our state will lose. Our state will once again be on the brink of ruin. I wonder how he promotes castes. It is not appropriate to imagine the development of Bihar under the leadership of a person who promotes communalism, ”Paswan said.
The LJP is contesting 143 seats in the state, and its candidates are running up against JD (U) nominees in most constituencies. Despite repeatedly attacking JD (U), Paswan has reiterated his admiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ties to the National Democratic Alliance in the Center.
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Amid the political stance, BJP has tried to control the damage from the broad impression that LJP is playing as their B team and has said that Nitish Kumar was the NDA’s CM pick, regardless of which party wins the most seats.
Elected to the post of national president of the LJP last year, the 2020 Bihar elections will be a litmus test for Chirag, laying the groundwork for both him and the future of the LJP in the state.
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