New Delhi:Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Chandan Singh on Saturday claimed that if their party contests on 143 seats, it will perform very well in the upcoming Assembly elections since the party has a great foothold in Bihar.
Singh added that LJP has already decided the candidates who will fight it out for 143 seats and these members have also gathered 25,000 party supporters.
Fielding president and Jamui MP Chirag Paswan as their Chief Minister (CM) candidate, Singh said that every LJP member feels that the former has all the abilities to become an able CM.
"All the decisions related to upcoming polls including the strategy will be decided by Chirag. However, if the party would reconcile with Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) is still undecided," Singh said.
The National Democratic Alliance alliance (NDA) member Chirag wants his party to contest on 43 seats and after also wants to emphasize on his 'Bihar First, Bihari First' campaign to be included in the manifesto.