Winning a fourth term is still a “big task for anyone,” BJP head of state said (File)
New Delhi:
Bihar BJP Chairman Sanjay Jaiswal on Wednesday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s welfare policies with the ruling NDA’s victory in Assembly polls and said all anti-outgoing demands were canceled by the mandate for a fourth term of the Nitish Kumar government.
He also clarified that Nitish Kumar would continue to lead the NDA government in Bihar and claimed that the difference in the number of seats won by the BJP and JD (U) will have no impact on the dynamics of the ruling alliance. in the state.
“Definitely, 100%,” Jaiswal told PTI News Agency when asked if Nitish Kumar will remain the chief minister.
“We are allies and equals. We must rule Bihar collectively,” he said.
“Winning the fourth term is always a big task for anyone. We won it. It proves that everything was fine. It is very rare that you win a fourth term in a row. We did and it did. rule it all, ”Jaiswal said. .
Asked what he says tipped the hard-contested elections in favor of the NDA, he said that was largely due to PM Modi’s welfare programs for the poor.
“What the Prime Minister did for the poor (which worked)… He provided them with electricity, cooking gas bottles and toilets. They also received a free ration for eight months after the ‘coronavirus epidemic. These are the main reasons, “he said.
Asked about the massive damage done to the Lok Janshakti party, led by Chirag Paswan, on the NDA, in particular the JD (U) ‘s prospects for the elections, he said the LJP had also harmed the BJP in several seats.
If the LJP were not there, the BJP would have beaten RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in Raghopur constituency, Jaiswal said.
He insisted, however, that the LJP was not a big factor, but it was the BJP and JD (U) rebels that hurt the NDA’s prospects in many seats across the state.
Asked if the LJP will now have a place in the ruling alliance, he said it was up to the BJP’s Parliamentary Council, the party’s highest decision-making body, to decide this.
He added, however, that the NDA stands for BJP, JD (U), Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular) led by Jitan Ram Manjhi in Bihar.
Asked about the setbacks the NDA had in the first round of voting in 71 seats on October 28, he admitted that in the southwestern region of Bihar, the NDA had encountered difficulties and said it would be reviewed. .
The ruling coalition won 125 seats in the assembly of 243 member states against 110 won by Mahagathbandhan – the great opposition alliance – to pave the way for a fourth successive term for Nitish Kumar in power, but with reduced influence following a debilitating drop in the number of JD (U) lawmakers fell to 43 from 71 in 2015.
The BJP had the best strike rate among all parties in the fray as it won 73 of the 110 seats it contested. Allies VIP and HAM (S) won four seats each.
