Bihar polls
Bihar BJP expels 'rebel' members who joined Chirag Paswan's LJP
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday expelled eight rebels who quit the saffron party to join Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) over the past week ahead of the state assembly elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, the BJP's senior-most leader in the state has declared that the LJP is not part of the NDA in Bihar.
"If we get a majority, then only Nitish Kumar will be Chief Minister. There should be no confusion on that front," Modi said.
Chirag Paswan, whose LJP is a member of the NDA at the Centre and whose father Ram Vilas Paswan was a Union Minister until his death last Thursday, earlier said he would not contest the election with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United).
However, Chirag claimed that his LJP remained a "strong" partner of the BJP.
Amid the Covid-19 situation, elections will be held in Bihar between Oct 28 and Nov 7 in three phases. The results will be declared on Nov 10.
As per seat sharing, JD(U) got 122 seats and would allot 7 seats from its quota to HAM while BJP got 121 seats and it would spare some seats for VIP.
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