New Delhi: The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Sunday virtually walked out of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar ahead of the state assembly polls, saying that it will not fight the election under JD(U) president and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's leadership of the ruling alliance in the state, a party statement said.
LJP chief Chirag Paswan showed victory sign after the party's Central Parliamentary Board meeting.
"Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will not contest the upcoming BiharElections in alliance with Janata Dal (United) due to ideological differences, said Abdul Khaliq, National General Secretary.
He added, "At the national level and in Lok Sabha elections, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) shares a strong alliance with BJP.
An LJP parliamentary board meeting chaired by its president Chirag Paswan instead passed a resolution in favour of an alliance with the BJP and said its MLAs will work to strengthen the hand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP has already announced that the NDA will fight the polls under the leadership of Nitish Kumar. As such, the LJP resolution makes the party's break up with the NDA in the state inevitable.
The BJP central election committee is meeting later in the evening to finalise the party's candidates for the three-phase assembly election, which begins from October 28.
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With agency inputs
