Chirag Paswan reacted to the meeting with BJP leaders on the political situation in Bihar.
New Delhi: Amid political uncertainty in Bihar and speculation that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may again join hands with the BJP, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) President Chirag Paswan met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda on Saturday. Chirag Paswan said that in the meeting held at Amit Shah’s residence, he expressed his ‘concerns about Bihar’ to the BJP leaders.
“It was important to know what is happening in Bihar today. On this issue, I held a meeting with Amit Shah and JP Nadda ji today. I have put forward my concerns on Bihar before him. He has given assurance on various issues. Situation He told reporters, “The government is very positive about the alliance. The situation will become more clear in the coming days and after that our party will take a stand. We are part of NDA today.” Chirag Paswan and Nitish Kumar have targeted each other before also.
Following the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, in which JD-U could have won 43 seats in alliance with BJP, Nitish Kumar had criticized Chirag Paswan for fielding candidates against his party’s candidates. Nitish Kumar had said, “Some people tried to spread confusion, they also succeeded in doing so.” When asked about the political situation in Bihar on Saturday, Chirag Paswan said, ‘Everything will be known in some time.
Amid political speculation in Bihar, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said he would get proper information upon reaching Delhi and “people interested in saving democracy will not change their minds and will stay with us”. Kharge, who is present in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, said that he will have complete information upon reaching Delhi. Kharge said, “I wrote a letter and tried to talk to him… It is not clear what is in his mind. I am going to Dehradun tomorrow, then I will go to Delhi, otherwise confusion will arise.
Let’s see what will happen. Told reporters. Kharge said that if the India Bloc alliance has “authentic information” then it can inform and there is also “fake news”. “Let’s see what happens, our effort is to unite everyone. I have spoken to Mamata Banerjee, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Sitaram Yechury. If we are united, we will fight well and the India alliance will be successful.” “Those who are interested in saving democracy will not change their minds and will stay with us.”