Sushil Modi : Prashant Kishor has made statement to benefit Opposition party

Prashant Kishor's statement that "JDU will contest more seats than BJP and play role of big bror, in upcoming 2020 Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections " has caused tremors within top leership of BJP. After Bihar President Sanjay Jaiswal w Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leer Sushil Modi has attacked JDU vice president Prashant Kishore in a tweet. 

Sushil Modi hits at Prashant Kishor

Sushil Modi has tweeted that " 2020 Bihar Vidhan sabha elections will be contested under leership of  Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar. seat-sharing between two parties will be finalized by top leership of both JDU and BJP. But those who do t have any ideology, and have joined politics after collecting election data and running election campaign company,  are making a statement against alliance dharma, are trying to benefit opposition party .A person who is involved in profit-making business, first try to create market for himself, for m  interest of country comes later ".

JDU bigger party: Kishor

Kishore h also said that JDU  wants to go with same formula of seat-sharing, which was opted in 2010 assembly elections. "JDU h contested 141 seats and BJP 102 seats. Since Nitish Kumar is face, n naturally, JDU  will be a bigger party and ratio of seat-sharing between JDU and BJP should be 1.3:1 seats," said Kishor.

Prashant Kishor's statement has t gone down well with top leership of Bihar BJP. Many BJP leers feel that Kishore has me this statement at behest of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to put pressure on BJP. Even after sharp criticism from BJP,  JDU leers are also in agreement with Prashant Kishor's statement, that JDU is a bigger party in Bihar than BJP.

With  Prashant Kishor's statement on seat sharing, JDU has sent in a mess loud and clear to BJP  that,  y are t going to compromise less than 130 seats for JDU  out of 243 seats. BJP is on back foot after losing Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections, and JDU wants to seize opportunity.

Current scenario in Bihar

All major allies have deserted BJP, and y would t want to lose Nitish Kumar because in last elections BJP  was defeated bly by Nitish-Lalu led Mahagathbhan. Mahagathbandhan h secured 178 seats, whereas BJP alliance h secured  58 seats out of 243 seats. BJP JDU alliance, is a proven one with both parties, winning 39 out of 40 seats in 2019 Lok sabha elections and 206 seats out of 243 seats in 2010 assembly elections, when y last fought toger.

With 9 months away from election, JDU  wants to settle seat-sharing issue with BJP. Nitish Kumar and his close coterie, which includes Prashant Kishor are of opinion that JDU, in way can contest less than 125 seats. y believe that  BJP would try to marginalize Nitish Kumar after election results.