As the Assembly polls close by in Bihar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi , while expressing confidence of National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s victory, said on Tuesday that no political party is in a position to form a Government alone in the State where 'alliance politics' has become a reality.
Modi said BJP would win in the State if it fights election together with partners. “There is no illusions about it”, he said
The senior BJP leader claimed the opposition grand alliance, led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and known as 'Mahagathbandhan', was nowhere in the fight against the NDA.
He said the NDA, under the state leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, would contest the elections unitedly and form the government again.
“BJP , JDU and RJD are major triangular forces of Bihar politics and alliance is the state's reality. There should not be any misconception about it. Today, no political party is in a situation to form a government of its own,” Modi said.
The tenure of the Bihar assembly is to end on November 29 and the polls are likely to be held in October-November.
Referring to the 2015 assembly polls that the BJP had contested alone and the 2014 Lok Sabha elections fought alone by JDU, Modi said, “The BJP has no misunderstanding about its strength. We are strong and we have an organisation, but we will succeed only when we fight together. The BJP's central leadership is also not under any illusion about it.”
He said the alliance between the BJP and JDU has been a smooth affair since 1996 and it has provided good governance in the state with robust coordination among alliance partners.
“We will contest the next assembly polls unitedly and succeed,” Modi said.
Asked about the alleged discontent among the NDA partners with the JDU and the LJP targeting each other , Modi hoped it would be resolved.