Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to chair the Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Core Committee meeting in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss the party’s strategy for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election.
The Bihar Assembly elections are expected to be held in October or November this year, although the Election Commission of India (ECI) has yet to announce the official schedule.
While the NDA, consisting of the BJP, Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)], and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), will once again be looking to continue their stint in Bihar, the INDIA bloc, consisting of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress, and left parties, will be looking to unseat Nitish Kumar.
In the current Bihar Assembly, comprising 243 members, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) consists of 131 members, with the BJP having 80 MLAs, JD(U) having 45, HAM(S) having 4, and the support of 2 Independent Candidates.
The Opposition’s INDIA Bloc comprises 111 members, with the RJD leading with 77 MLAs, followed by Congress with 19, CPI(ML) with 11, CPI(M) with 2, and CPI with 2.
The timing of the meeting is crucial, as it follows the completion of the ‘Voter Ahdikar Yatra’ spearheaded by the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav.
The Yatra, aimed at protesting against the Election Commission’s alleged manipulation of the voter list in Bihar, concluded in Patna on September 1.
(With agency inputs)
