After leaving JDU-BJP alliance, LJP looks to strengthen itself in Bihar

Political observers feel Paswan's exit might have been crafted by BJP

Could the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) become the Bharatiya Janata Party’s secret weapon in Bihar?

In the state-level leadership of the BJP, this formulation is being discussed quite openly even though well before the election was even announced. 

Home Minister Amit Shah, who is a member of the party’s parliamentary board (its highest decision-making body), had declared Chief Minister Nitish Kumar the leader of the Janata Dal (United)-BJP coalition, should it come to power.

In other words, state BJP leaders had no say in deciding the next chief minister if their coalition manages to win a majority: They would be foisted with Kumar,