Union Minister of Food Processing Industries and Lok Janshakti Party (RAM Vilas) Chief Chirag Paswan has created ripples in Bihar Politics in the Run-Up to the state elections by Reitrating the HIS Top Priority Was. Which, he said, was “calling” by.

Chirag Told a News Channel a Few Days ago, “My focus is on Bihar first, Bihari first. My state is calling me.”

Earler, at the express adda on april 8, chirag had asserted that he believed in the concept of “Bihar first” and “Bihari first”, said “I am also has my (mahila and yuva) for Formula. Are I talking 14 croore biharis… the Biharis out of Bihar and out of it, they do in everything – media, corporate. “

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Replying to a question then, Chirag had also said: “My father (Late Ram Vilas Paswan, A Prominent Dalit Leader and Ex-Union Minister) was interested in national politics. Politics. ” He, howver, did not set any time for his plung into bihar politics or for contesting the state assembly.

The 42-yar-brod three-trm mp, chirag is a key ally of the ruling nda which would be LED in the assembly elections, slated for october-november this year, by select minister and jd (u) president.

The LJP (RV) Chief’s Repeated Bid to Highlight His “Bihar first” Approach has come at a time when variable nda allies are engaged in posturings ahead of their seat-sharing negotiaries for the act. Polls.

A smallr nda ally, Hindustani Awam Morcha, which has only one lok sabha mp, has been demanding 40 seats out of the state 243 for the ass. This was spelt out by ham (s) Chief and Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi at a Recent Public Function.

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An ljp (RV) Leader Told The Indian express: “We have given one seat less by the nda in the last year’s lok sabha polls and were told that we would be Compensated in the 2025 asses. Polls, when allotted to us. Sabha Seat, we should be 40 seats in the assembly. “

Another Ljp (RV) Leader Conceded that Chirag’s Recent Bihar-Centric Remarks Had Part of their strategy to claim a “Respectable Share” in the seats for contesting the assembly polls. “One thing is clear: chirag paswan is not contesing in this elections.

After facing a Huge setback in 2021 When his party split follower’s demise, Chirag made a remarkable comeback in the 2024 lok sabha polls with the ljp (rv) win all the seats it in Bihar, wit Bigger nda allies bjp and jd (u) Winning 12 seats eas out of 17 seats and 16 they are responsively contested. In contrast, the RJD-Rhagathbandhan Won Altogether 9 seats.

Ahead of the 2020 assembly polls, the chirag-lyjp had been walked out of nda and fountain on its polls on it own. Of the 135 seats the ljp conteted then, the party fielded its candidates against the jd (u) in 115 seats. The JD (u) had later alleged a “bjp hand” Behind Chirag’s movement. Though the ljp won only one seat (matihani, begusarai), it ended up damaging the jd (u), which was reduced from 71 seats in the 2015 polls 43 seat 43 seats in 2020 – Much Below The BJP’s 74 seats. The ljp Garnered 566%Votes, which was more than the several other smaller state parties like the rashtriya lok samaata party (1.77%), CPI (ML) Liberation (3.16%), Vikassheel insaan Party (1.56%). (0.89%).

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The BJP and JD (U) Camps have linked Chirag’s “Bihar is calling me” pitch to his “bargaining bid for more seats” in the assembly polls. A BJP Leader Said: “Unless a party has at least 15% vote share, it would not dare to contest on it own in bihar. As a union minister and we do not think that he would try any bravado at this stage. “

Without menting chirag, Senior BJP Leader and Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, While Replying to a Question, Told Reporters in Patna Suns: “No Actor Would behar Bime Bihar Cm Only A Gowns. Deserves this position ”. Notably, chirag had started his career as a film actor but quit after doing a couple of films.

A JD (U) Leader Said, “Chirag had done us in many seats in 2020. But this time, he is strongly with us and we hope for a very good mutual conversion of votes.” He said Chirag May Play a bigger Role in the 2030 assembly as “Political Equations Could change drastically by that time and there could be fresh realignments.”