I have no reason to ally with the BJP, neither do they have a vision nor leaders in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) President Chirag Paswan said in an interview to The Hindu, days after the reconfiguration of the political equation in Bihar. He also predicted an early demise of the latest Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal alliance forcing midterm assembly polls.
While he ruled out allying with the BJP, Mr. Paswan said that his party won’t be contesting the next round of assembly and Lok Sabha elections alone, hinting at a possible alliance with the RJD, in the event of an early divorce between JD(U)-RJD.
Mr. Paswan as the national President of Lok Janshakti Party in the 2020 assembly elections had walked out of the NDA, raising a rebellion against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. But now that Mr. Kumar has walked out of the NDA he is not too keen to return. “All these years, BJP has worked as a subservient partner to the JD(U) in Bihar. Irrespective of their electoral strength they genuflect in front of Nitish Kumar and offer him the Chief Minister’s chair on a platter. Why? Because the BJP in the state has no leadership and no vision!
