Bihar 2020 Elections – BJP Chief JP Nadda met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna.
Patna:
Top BJP leaders, who are in Bihar today, met with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the party begins preparations for their joint fight in the assembly elections later this year. BJP chief JP Nadda, who is on a two-day visit to the state, met with Kumar at his residence, where informal discussions were held about the distribution of seats for the polls, the sources said.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has been tasked with managing the party’s campaign for the Bihar elections, and BJP National Secretary General Bhupendra Yadav were also present at the meeting with Nitish Kumar in his Patna residence.
“Only a government that can work together with the Modi government can move Bihar forward, unlike a government that has differences like the West Bengal government. Bengal farmers are not receiving the benefit of Prime Minister Kisan’s plan alone. because his chief minister has not sent the list. This incident caused losses only to farmers, the state and the center were not affected, “Fadnavis told reporters in Patna on Friday.
“I hope that Bihar will elect the NDA government in the next elections. The future of Bihar’s youth will be in a better condition under the NDA government. The dates for the Bihar assembly elections will be announced in the next few days and the party has given me the opportunity to work for the party here, “he said.
Leaders of Nitish Kumar and BJP held informal discussions about the allocation of seats for the Bihar polls, the sources said.
The key meeting comes amid a cloud of uncertainty over Kumar’s alliance with the Lok Janshakti Party, or LJP, led by Chirag Paswan, and whether the party will fight in the Bihar polls with the combined Janata dal (United) -BJP. . The Nitish Kumar and Paswan parties have been arguing for the past few months on various issues, including the state government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its response to the recent floods.
Meanwhile, the opposition accused the ruling alliance of dragging the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput into politics for election gain while BJP workers put up posters and banners of the actor in Bihar.
“We do not want to make the death of Sushant Singh Rajput an electoral issue. I was told that I would be working in Bihar long before this case happened. This is related to the emotion of the common man. We will ensure that he receives justice and we will not stop until justice is done, “said Fadnavis.
“That is why we say, na bhoolenge, na bhoolne denge (We will not forget, we will not let anyone forget) “, he said, referring to the phrase on the posters put up by the BJP cultural unit in Bihar.
The election for the 243 seats in the Bihar assembly is scheduled for October-November. The term of the current assembly will end on November 29.
The combined JD (U) -BJP contested the national elections in Bihar last year and won. Their relationship, however, deteriorated after the BJP offered only one Union Cabinet position to JD (U), which was unacceptable to Nitish Kumar.
Last year, the BJP had declared that it will contest the Bihar elections under Kumar’s leadership, in a move to appease its annoying ally.
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