New Delhi: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan wants his party to contest on 43 out of the total 243 assembly seats with NDA in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, sources said.
They said he is also unhappy over the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) being given more importance in the ruling alliance NDA, and that he has been meeting his party leaders and workers to prepare the strategy for the polls, to be held later this year.
Meanwhile, BJP leader Bhupender Yadav have already met Chirag Paswan twice in the recent past to discuss the issue.
On Wednesday, the LJP said that it will soon choose candidates for the Bihar assembly polls.
Paswan, an ally of the BJP, told party leaders through videoconferencing that it should be presumed that the state elections will be held on time and issued a host of instructions to them regarding preparations for the polls.
Chirag prepares LJP for Bihar polls, wants it to contest on 43 seats
LJP president Chirag Paswan has been assertive on the number of seats that his party must contest on in the upcoming Bihar elections.
Chirag Paswan meets party leader
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The spread of coronavirus across the country and the consequent emphasis on social distancing has raised speculation over the Bihar poll timing. However, there is no official word on it so far.
LJP, BJP and JD(U) are allies in the state, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress alliance as their main adversary. The BJP has already announced that the alliance will contest the Bihar assembly polls under Kumar's leadership.