'BJP should keep allies in good humour by maintaining dialogue': JDU

Ahe of Jharkhand Assembly polls, Janata Dal United (JDU) has opined that BJP should keep doors of dialogue open for its allies even if it is t able to accommodate terms proposed by its allies. Ashok Chaudhary, a leer of JDU which is an alliance partner of BJP in Bihar said, "BJP should keep its allies in good humor. Even if y are t giving seats to allies like Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), y should keep doors of dialogue open. re will be impact of Maharashtra politics on NDA in Bihar. We have very friendly relations with BJP here."

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LJP to contest election independently

LJP which was an ally of BJP has anunced on Tuesday that it will be contesting upcoming elections on its own.  81-member Jharkhand Assembly will go to polls in five phases between vember 30 and December 20 and votes will be counted on December 23. newly-appointed president of party, Chirag Paswan, took to Twitter to anunce decision and said that LJP will contest elections alone on 50 seats.

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statement by JDU leer Ashok Chaudhary comes at a time when re is a nearly 20-day long power struggle in Maharashtra between BJP and alliance partner Shiv Sena with latter falling out of alliance and approaching rival Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Indian National Congress for government formation in state. However, negotiations between NCP and Shiv Sena have t been successful and goverr of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari has called for president's rule that received central cabinet's d and was implemented from vember 12.

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NCP president Shar Pawar on Tuesday said his party and ally Congress will discuss and evolve a consensus on what should be policies and programs if Shiv Sena was to be supported. Congress leer Ahmed Patel insisted that final decision can be taken without formulation of a common minimum program by three parties. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said his party and Congress-NCP have different views on several issues, and that y will work out and stake a claim for government formation. 

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