Patna . In the grand alliance led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress and the Left parties are in the fray. In such a situation, RJD is competing with Janata Dal (United) in most of the seats.
In this election, circumstances have changed since the last election. In the last election, JDU contested along with RJD and Congress, while in this election JDU is contesting along with BJP and two other smaller parties. The RJD is in the fray with the Congress and the Left parties in this election.
In the 2015 elections, RJD, contesting under the leadership of Nitish Kumar, contested 101 seats while in this election it is contesting 144 seats. The RJD, the strongest party in the Grand Alliance and the largest party in the last election, is facing JDU in most of the seats in this election.
In this election, the JDU candidate led by Nitish Kumar is in front of RJD candidate in 77 seats. On behalf of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), JDU is contesting on 115 seats, while the BJP is contesting on 110 seats.
Only 51 candidates of BJP are in front of RJD. In such a situation, the other 59 seats for BJP are being considered easier than these 51 seats. In this election, five RJD candidates are face to face of Hindustani Awam Morcha, while in 11 seats, RJD candidate faces Vikas Insan Party.
Sources say that on the basis of pre-poll survey, RJD has fielded most of its candidates in front of JDU candidate to take advantage of people’s displeasure with Nitish.
However, RJD leaders are denying this. A RJD leader says that candidates have been fielded on the basis of ground reality, party-wise strength and caste equations. It is a coincidence that most of the candidates are contesting against JDU candidates. He told that BJP and JDU are same for RJD.
Another RJD leader says that Tejashwi Yadav is the chief ministerial candidate of the grand alliance and it is certain that after this election he will take over as the chief minister. He said that the victory of the Grand Alliance is certain, although the difference of victory in some seats may be 2000 to 3000.
Here, LJP chief Chirag Paswan is also openly supporting BJP candidates and opposing Nitish. LJP has fielded candidates from most areas where JDU is contesting elections. In such a situation, the LJP has also given tickets to the disenfranchised leaders who are creating problems for the JDU.
Senior BJP leader and LJP candidate Rajendra Singh from Diyara region also says that he is getting support of BJP workers on personal basis. They say that leaders also have their own personal base.
Here, JD U spokesman K.C. Tyagi says that his party is not worried about any such move by RJD. He said that he is in the election fray on the issue of development and Nitish Kumar is leading the NDA. People have to decide whether Nitish Kumar or anyone else.
However, the electoral movement in Bihar has increased and all parties are working with full power to reach power. In such a situation, how will JDU be able to deal with this trick of Tejashwi?
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