Bengal Elections: Nitish Kumar’s Party Plans To Contest At Least 75 Seats
Nitish Kumar’s party mentioned it’s taking a look ahead to contest a considerable selection of seats in Bengal
Patna:
Bihar Leader Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Thursday asserted that it was once taking a look ahead to contesting a considerable selection of seats within the West Bengal meeting elections, wherein its best friend BJP has prime stakes.
JD(U) nationwide basic secretary Ghulam Rasool Baliyavi mentioned the party’s unit in West Bengal desires to contest no less than 75 seats and the quantity may just pass up, topic to the approval of the management.
Elections to the 294-strong West Bengal meeting usually are held in a couple of months and the BJP, which submit a shocking efficiency within the state in final 12 months’s Lok Sabha polls, is taking a look to usa the ruling Trinamool Congress, headed via Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee.
“Now we have contested meeting elections in West Bengal up to now. We might love to do so this time additionally. Our party has performed huge club drives in districts akin to Malda, Murshidabad, Purulia and Bankura,” Mr Baliyavi mentioned.
He mentioned the party was once hopeful of doing smartly in puts which has a prime share of other folks hailing from Bihar, and claimed that the nice governance of Nitish Kumar has created a buzz within the neighbouring state.
The Janata Dal (United) has been keeping up that its alliance with the BJP was once confined to Bihar. The party has fought in states like Karnataka and Gujarat with no tie-up with the BJP, which is in energy. In BJP-rule Arunachal Pradesh, the JD(U) is the primary opposition party.
In a similar way in Jharkhand, the place BJP misplaced energy final 12 months, the JD(U) had contested one after the other.
Then again, the JD(U) fought the Delhi meeting polls previous this 12 months in alliance with the BJP.
Replying to a question, Mr Baliyavi mentioned, “I’m of the opinion that the BJP will have to assume when it comes to taking Nitish Kumar alongside. If it chooses differently, then each party has the proper to enlarge its personal base.”
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