Amid rumblings within the coalition, the NDA in Bihar showed a united face on Saturday with the chiefs of BJP and its allies lJP and RlSP holding a joint Press conference to announce a joint campaign for next month’s elections to 24 seats of the Bihar legislative Council, which is being seen as the semi-final for the Assembly elections later this year.
“Workers of the three parties have been working together to ensure victory of NDA nominees on all seats,” BJP’s Mangal Pandey told a joint Press conference which was also attended by Pashupati Paras and Arun Kumar of lJP and RlSP (Rashtriya lok Samata Party), respectively.
As per their seat-sharing arrangement for the Council polls in the first week of July, BJP has put up nominees for 18 seats followed by four by lJP and two by, RlSP which is led by Union Minister of State for HRD, Upendra Kushwaha.
In Ghaziabad, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh expressed confidence in winning the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections with a majority, stating that the fight will be based on the plank of “good governance and development”.
The upcoming election in Bihar will not be contested in the name of cast or religion. BJP will win the elections on the basis of good governance and development, he told reporters.