On a day when Janata Dal (U)–Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alliance swore in its council of ministers in Bihar, the BJP, left out in the cold after the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar broke their alliance, got into a huddle to discuss the future course of action for the party in the State, with the immediate resolve that the General Elections in 2024 are to prioritised.
BJP president J.P. Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah as well as 20 other leaders of the BJP in Bihar, including State unit president Sanjay Jayaswal and former Union Minister Ravi Shankar, met in New Delhi over the party’s rather lonely predicament.
After the meeting, Jayaswal said: “There was a meeting of the Bihar core group under the leadership of J.P. Nadda and Amit Shah. This new alliance (JD-U and RJD) is a betrayal of the people and its gives a backdoor entry to Lalu Raj in the State. We will protest from the House (Assembly) to the street. BJP will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and we will win more than 35 seats.”
