LJP finalises on LS seats in Bihar sans other UPA parties

New Delhi, Jan 26 In a move that can have larger political implications, key UPA ally LJP has begun finalising the seats it would contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Bihar as no concrete seat-sharing formulation of the alliance has come up in the state so far.
The party led by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has even identified candidates for about 20 of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats of the state, a senior LJP leader said.

The seats include Araria, Purnea, Supaul (earlier Saharsa), Khagadia, Hajipur, Jehanabad, Begusarai, Shivhar, Mujaffarpur, Samastipur, Ujiyarpur, Bettiah, Bagha, Motihari, Nawada, Gaya, Ara and Patliputra.

" Party leaders in the state are in favour of contesting the election alone. Moreover, no concrete proposal for seat sharing has come to us by either Congress or RJD till now," Party President Ram Vilas Paswan told PTI.

" With any concrete formulation for an UPA alliance yet to come in sight for Bihar, we have begun our preparations. People have already seen RJD&aposs Lalu Prasad and JD(U)&aposs Nitish Kumar and are now looking for a change,"a senior leader said.

"RJD&aposs mass base among Muslims and Yadavs has eroded, Congress is yet to recover while anti-incumbency would work against the ruling NDA there. All these factors make our party&aposs chances better this time,"he claimed.

NDA and the Left have already firmed up their alliances for Bihar.
Source: PTI