Union Minister and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday announced at a rally in Ara in Bhojpur district that he will fight the the assembly polls in Bihar.
"I will contest the assembly polls in Bihar. I will contest not just in Bihar but for Bihar and its people. I am the son of Ramvilas Paswan. I will realise the dreams of my father and work for ’Bihar first, Bihari first’ to change Bihar,” recalling an old slogan he had coined ahead of the previous assembly polls in 2020. At that time, he was heading the Lok Janshakti Party, founded by his father.
The 42-year-old Hajpur MP said, ”It is for the people of Bihar to decide from which seat in the state I should contest in the upcoming assembly elections. Whenever I take a political decision, I take it for the sake of the state and its people.”
It is considered that Paswan’s rebellion in the 2020 polls led to the defeat of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), also a BJP ally, in several seats.He has also made it clear that his plans to contest the elections preferably from an unreserved constituency should not be construed as his alleged chief ministerial ambition.”Let me make one thing very clear. My contest will only ensure a better strike rate for my party, which would help the NDA,” he said.
Meanwhile, reacting to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's statements on elections, Chirag Paswan said that the Congress MP has already accepted defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections which is why he is making such statements.
Paswan further said that if Rahul Gandhi needs to find faults in any institution, it should be his own party Congress."The problem with Congress and its leaders is that when introspection is needed, they look for excuses for losing elections. If Rahul Gandhi needs to find faults in any institution, it should not be a
constitutional institution, but his own Congress party.
Blaming the Election Commission, accusing someone of fixing elections, saying that the EVM is faulty, all this shows that Rahul Gandhi has already accepted defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections. After Bihar, these people will lose states like Assam and Bengal," Chirag Paswan told reporters.
*With Agency Inputs
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