Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Chirag Paswan again criticizes CM Nitish Kumar, crucial LJP meet today

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has authorised party chief Chirag Paswan to take a final call on alliance ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections. Chirag is the son of former LJP president and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan. According to a report in The Indian Express, the party has decided to put up a list of 143 names for the elections.

The decision was taken at the LJP’s Bihar Parliamentary board meeting. It was at this meeting that the party authorised Chirag to take a final call on whether to contest the elections under Nitish Kumar’s leadership.

Nitish Kumar heads the Janata Dal (United) which has been in power since 2005. The JD(U) and BJP have jointly ruled the state for the last 15 years, barring a period of 2013 to 2017. The LJP had joined the BJP-led NDA after Nitish’s exit from the alliance ahead of the 2014 general elections. When Nitish returned to the NDA after a dramatic turn of events in 2017, the LJP automatically became a ruling constituents.