BJP chief Amit Shah today discussed with lok Janshakti Party head Ram Vilas Paswan NDA's strategy in the coming Bihar assembly elections in which they decided to undertake a joint campaign to take on the Janata Parivar spearheaded by JD(U)-RJD combine.
BJP started discussions over seat-sharing with its allies and during the Shah-Paswan meeting, it was decided that all NDA allies will campaign jointly and a programme would be chalked out soon to hold public rallies in each commissionerate of Bihar. However, declaration of candidates for various seats would be done only after the schedule of polls is declared.
"We have decided to campaign jointly. BJP, lJP and RlSP will campaign together and hold public rallies jointly and a date will be finalised soon on when to campaign in each of the commissionerates in Bihar," Paswan said after the meeting. "We held discussions on how to strengthen NDA. We will move jointly and campaign in each commissionerate in Bihar. We will expose the unholy alliance of Nitish Kumar and lalu Yadav which has cheated the people of Bihar and is trying to push the state into 'Jungle Raj' and will win with a three-fourth majority," he said.
Asked about the seat-sharing arrangement between the alliance partners, he said, there is no fight for the leader and this will be decided by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. "Narendra Modi is the supreme leader of NDA. There is no fight over seat-sharing. When the elections are declared, we will get together and decide," he said.
Party general secretary Bhupender Yadav, who is incharge of party's affairs in Bihar, said, "Amit Shah and Ram Vilas Sharma held discussions over NDA strategy for Bihar polls. We will jointly launch our poll campaign and will reach out to the public on all issues, where Bihar is gripped with poor law and order and will bring the state back to good governance." BJP's national secretary Shrikant Sharma said "good governance and development is the main agenda of BJP in Bihar and to save the state from the clutches of jungle raj-2".
Alliance in Bihar formidable, not easy for BJP, says Gowda
Bengaluru : Former Prime Minister and JDS chief H D Deve Gowda today said "secular" parties had formed a "formidable" alliance in Bihar and it would not be an easy task for the BJP to win the Assembly polls there.
"The secular parties which have come together in Bihar are a formidable alliance. It is a tough task for the BJP (to win Bihar assembly elections)," he told reporters at a meet the press organised by Bangalore Reporters Guild and the Press Club of Bangalore here. Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rule, Gowda said people are getting disappointed with it for not meeting their expectations.
"Modi had promised a lot during his lok Sabha election campaign, but during the one-year rule so far, there is a sense of disappointment among people who had expected a lot from the Prime Minister," he said. He, however, lauded the Modi government for giving scam-free one year in office unlike the Congress rule which was 'infested' with various corruption charges.
Asked whether JDS has struck an understanding with BJP during his meeting with Modi at New Delhi, Gowda said, "There is no question of we joining hands with either BJP or Congress." Referring to Karnataka, Gowda slammed the ruling Congress for creating obstacles to conduct Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike polls, before the Supreme Court ordered the government to hold elections in three months.
"The Congress created obstacles...What fear they have. The party did all to postpone the elections before the Supreme Court ordered to hold the elections in three months. What was bothering the Congress to do soIJ" he asked.