The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday applauded the political developments in neighbouring Bihar, with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar re-joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
They added that the 120 parliamentary seats from U.P. and Bihar together would make sure that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will return with a thumping majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. “80 from UP, 40 from Bihar, that is, total 120 MPs — it will be ‘Jai Sitaram’ for the Modi government for the third time,” U.P. Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said.
The U.P. Opposition targeted the BJP for allying with the JD(U), saying that the saffron party had never been as weak as it was currently. “The BJP was never as weak during its lifetime as it is today. Today, a new record of betrayal has been made. The public will give a befitting reply to this. There can be no greater defeat than someone not believing in you as a person,” Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav posted on social media platform X.
