Sanjay Raut said talks are underway with local parties for an alliance in the state.
Bombay (Maharashtra):
Shiv Sena will run for 40 to 50 seats in Bihar’s assembly elections, but no final decision has yet been made on the pre-election alliance, party leader Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday.
Sanjay Raut, however, added that talks are underway with local parties for an alliance in the state and that he will visit Patna soon.
“Shiv Sena will contest 40 to 50 seats, there is no talk of alliance with anyone so far. I will go to Patna next week. Local parties including Pappu Yadav’s want to talk to us,” Sanjay said. Raut to journalists. .
However, Sanjay Raut declined to say anything about talks with his pre-existing ally in the Maharashtra government, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), in Bihar.
While the Mahagathbandhan led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) includes Congress and left-wing parties, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has the Janata Dal-United (JDU) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), among others, in the state.
The Lok Janashakti party led by President Chirag Paswan decided to go it alone in this election, but said it was ready to enter into a post-election alliance with the BJP.
The Bihar Assembly, which has 243 seats, will go to the polls in three phases. Voting will take place on October 28, November 3 and November 7, and the results will be released on November 10.
