A day after Lok Janshakti Party declared it would not contest the Bihar Assembly elections with the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), ...
A day after Lok Janshakti Party declared it would not contest the Bihar Assembly elections with the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), party president Chirag Paswan penned an open later, asking people “not to waste even a single vote” on a JD(U) candidate, the Hindustan Times reported. Paswan claimed the next government of Bihar will be formed by his party along with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“Every vote going to the JD(U) candidate will compel your children to migrate from the state,” Paswan wrote. “It is a do-or-die battle for 12-crore Bihar people, and we have nothing to lose. I know the way forward for the LJP is not going to be easy, but then it has not been easy for the people of Bihar for the last three decades either.”
Paswan reiterated the LJP’s position that its winning MLAs would work “under the leadership” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to The Indian Express. The LJP president added that parting ways with the JD(U) was a difficult decision that had to be made for “Bihar’s future”.
“The LJP and the JD(U) have many ideological differences. Whether it is their “saat nischay” programme, or their behavior towards their allies, the rising bureaucracy in Bihar, or that no solutions are being given to the people’s issues...
