Firmly with NDA, working to make Modi PM for another term: Kushwaha

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha Saturday said he stands "firmly" with the NDA and is working for another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after he met RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav triggering speculation of discontent within the ruling BJP-led alliance in Bihar.

Kushwaha met Yadav Friday hours after BJP president Amit Shah in Delhi announced a seat-sharing formula for the state for the next year Lok Sabha elections.

He said the seat sharing is yet to be finalised in the NDA and that he would meet Shah in the next two-three days.

Kushwaha, a Union minister of state for HRD, also wondered why a conclusion was being drawn that the RLSP would not get a fair deal.

The RLSP is a part of the BJP-led NDA in the state whose other constituents are Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Ramvilas Paswan's LJP.

"Seat sharing is yet to be finalised. I cannot comment on the basis of media reports. I will be meeting Amit Shah in next two-three days. I wonder why people are drawing the conclusion that we are not going to get a fair deal," Kushwaha said.

The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) is an ally of the BJP since the 2014 general elections.

"I also do not understand this big fuss about an equal number of seats for the BJP and the JD(U). Does it indicate any number?
Dismissing speculation, Kushwaha said, "I am firmly with the NDA and committed to working for another term for Narendra Modi as prime minister."