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Bihar elections: Will fight polls together with NDA, JD(U), LJP, says BJP

The nomination process for the first phase, under which 71 of the total 243 seats will go to polls, begins on Thursday and ends on October 8.

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Ticket seekers wait outside JD(U) office to meet Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections in Patna.

Press Trust of India Patna

3 min read Last Updated : Sep 30 2020 | 9:08 PM IST

The BJP on Wednesday sought to scotch speculation about differences with Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party, asserting that all the three National Democratic Alliance partners will fight Bihar assembly polls together.

After a long meeting of party leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and president J P Nadda besides those from the state, BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav told reporters that talks with allies on the seat-sharing arrangement will be completed in a couple of days. Yadav is the party's in-charge for the state's affairs.

"A lot of development work has happened in Bihar and the NDA

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