 "BJP President Amit Shah, JD (U) Chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union minister and LJP President Ram Vilas Paswan with his son and party MP Chirag Paswan address the media after a meeting at Shah's residence, in New Delhi, Sunday")
In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 22 seats of Bihar’s 40. The party announced on Sunday it would contest 17 seats in the state, ally Janata Dal (United) in an equal number of seats, and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in six.
Why should BJP contest lesser number of seats than what it already holds? Political rivals have said the BJP, by surrendering its seats to Nitish Kumar-led JD (U), is betraying its nerves after losing the Assembly elections recently.
It is a good line of attack for the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led
