The LJP may contest on 143 seats in the elections to the 243-seat state assembly while not putting up its candidates against BJP nominees, party sources said. Chirag Paswan has met BJP president J P Nadda a few times and had also spoken to Home Minister Amit Shah as the saffron party leadership worked to keep the alliance intact. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Kaiser said the party is contemplating the move as the NDA is unwilling to give it enough number of winnable seats. Why now? © COPYRIGHT NDTV CONVERGENCE LIMITED 2020. (PTI Photo). In a similar situation in 2005, LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan, then minister under United Progressive Alliance regime, had fought against another UPA constituent — Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal — on all 178 seats that RJD fought on. This made the ruling party’s comeback impossible. A party meeting to deliberate on the Bihar polls was postponed after Paswan rushed to hospital to see his ailing father and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan. “This is the best time to expand party because of Nitish Kumar’s anti-incumbency. After the LJP's solo plans, the JDU and the BJP are set to announce a 50:50 split in seat sharing; each will accommodate a smaller ally from their share. The BJP has already announced Kumar as the NDA leader, saying the alliance will win over 200 seats. He also met Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday. In subsequent polls, Mr Kumar got enough seats to form his maiden government. In pics | Madras Day 2020: Journey of the Madras city to Chennai. Another party leader who didn’t wish to be named highlighted that LJP is in the NDA at the national level but not at the state level — a claim that JD(U) leader K.C. The consumer affairs minister was 74. The nomination process for the first phase, under which 71 of the total 243 seats will go to polls, began from October 1 and will end on October 8. A new slogan coined by Chirag Paswan for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls captures the mind of the 38-year-old who is set to inherit his father, Ram Vilas Paswan’s, political legacy. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "I had no experience of working with him. The LJP's decision comes at the end of months-long sparring with the JD(U) over a number of issues, including the state's handling of the coronavirus crisis and Mr Kumar's joining forces with former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, a Dalit leader like the Paswans with an overlapping support base. Secondly, candidates with upper caste base who will not find a place in BJP ticket list can fight on LJP tickets to maximise gains,” said the second leader. 172@29@17@249!~!172@29@0@53!~!|news|politics|chirag-paswan-seeks-peoples-support-for-bihar-first-vision-document-may-fight-polls-independently-5919031.html!~!news|moneycontrol|com!~!|controller|infinite_scroll_article.php!~!is_mobile=false. But the BJP's tardiness over the issue that gave rise to suspicion. In 2015, the LJP had contested 42 seats and won two. LJP president Chirag Paswan, in a six-page letter to BJP president J.P. Nadda on September 24, 10 days prior to formal decision by his party to go solo, had explained his party’s position. Now, Paswan’s son is back to challenge the CM. Bihar Election 2020: Chirag Paswan's LJP has cited "ideological differences" as the reason for the shift. The LJP, the sources said, is also unhappy with the seat-sharing arrangement offered to it and is hoping to inflict damage on poll prospects of the JD(U), which has maintained that the LJP is a BJP ally and not its. His party is also strongly pitching him as an alternative for Nitish Kumar's job - even though the BJP leadership has thrown its weight behind the Chief Minister. That decision remains the same," he said, asserting that there was no political opportunism in his decision just weeks before the polls. So far, the NDA hasn’t been to formulate its seat-sharing arrangement for this month’s assembly elections. Use Code: INTERMILES, CBSE, CISCE may delay board exams to April-May, cut syllabus for Class 10, 12 further, Coronavirus update | Philadelphia receives 1.8 million masks from India, India reports 73,272 new coronavirus cases, 926 fresh fatalities, Explained | What happens to your investments when a company delists, Big Story | RBI keeps rates unchanged, says growth is slowly returning back, Harshad Mehta scam: 10 key points of the scam that jolted India in 1992, Ideas For Profit | Power Grid: A state-owned company poised to ride on power-demand rebound, Coronavirus India News highlights: Tamil Nadu reports 5,185 fresh COVID-19 cases, 68 deaths, No posters outside houses of isolated patients will help reduce COVID-19 stigma: Experts, Donald Trump claims Regeneron’s COVID-19 treatment cured him - all you need to know, Coronavirus wrap October 9 | State of emergency declared in Madrid; Russia might register second potential COVID vaccine, Unlock 5.0 | SOPs for reopening of pools: A maximum of 20 swimmers can train during one session.

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