Youth to be LJP's focus in Bihar polls

young voters of Bihar will be focus of Lok Janshakti Party during its campaign for state assembly polls slated for later this year, party said on Thursday. LJP president Chirag Paswan has prefixed his Twitter handle with "Yuva Bihari" (young Bihari) and has been touring state to gar supporters for party's rally on April 14 in Patna. He has named his statewide yatra as 'Bihar first, Bihari first'. LJP is a part of Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, which also includes Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United).

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Earlier, Union minister and LJP leer Ram Vilas Paswan has said that it should be fought on local development issues and restraint over langu must be maintained. His comments come as NDA faced a massive drubbing in Delhi assembly polls. In his first statement after polls, former BJP chief also agreed that statements like "Goli Maro", and "terrorist" harmed BJP's prospects.

"LJP (Lok Janshakti Party) has strongly been with NDA. I have always said only that animal dies on ro who cant decide wher to go left or right. As far as Nitish (Kumar) ji is concerned, I don't think he will go anywhere," he said when asked about state of NDA alliance in Bihar.

Kumar's JD(U) and LJP fought as part of NDA, he pointed out, asserting that body would leave for opposition alliance in Bihar. "What is re in Opposition. Lalu Yav is in jail, he is unwell, rest of parties are singing different tunes. So who will go over to Opposition. It is t even a sinking ship, it is one that has alrey sunk. y are fighting among mselves, NDA is intact," Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said.

On BJP leer and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's assertion that Kumar would le NDA alliance in Bihar, he said LJP has objection to it. Asked about vitriolic Delhi polls campaign and provocative statements by some BJP leers in run-up to elections, he said LJP chief Chirag Paswan h me party's stand clear on this and Shah also mitted that it might have been counterproductive. " one has ever gone to Election Commission against us. Chirag has said that issue of election is one of development," he said.

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