In New Delhi [India], Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that JD(U) and BJP will continue to work together for good governance in Bihar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this after meeting JD(U) MPs in Delhi on Thursday.
"Had a great meeting with @Jduonline MPs. Our parties have a long history of working together and fighting bad governance, corruption and criminalization in Bihar. @NitishKumar Ji's leadership has taken Bihar on the path of development. We will continue to work together for good governance," Prime Minister Modi said in a post on X and shared photographs from the meeting.
Nitish Kumar, returned to the NDA and took oath as Bihar CM with the support of the BJP, after leaving the alliance and joining the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led 'Mahagathbandhan' in August 2022. Kumar's JDU contested the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 in alliance with the BJP.
Meanwhile, in the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections, former Union minister and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Thursday expressed his desire for the NDA to form an absolute majority government in the state.
Bihar is expected to vote for its 243-member legislative assembly in October 2025.
Choubey said the BJP "should come to power on its own" and stressed that allies will stand with it. He said the prime ministerial candidate will be decided after the elections, adding that the party does not accept any "imports".
"It is my wish, and I have also told the party leadership, that an NDA government be formed in Bihar under the leadership of the BJP. With an absolute majority, the BJP should come to power on its own and take forward his allies too. This is my intention. "To achieve this, every worker must get to work now. I will do it well and without expectations,” Choubey told ANI on Thursday.
The former Union minister highlighted the party's alliance with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
"I think we were taking Nitish Kumar forward along with us, we are doing the same today too and we will do the same in future... The face of the CM will be decided after the elections are held. The party and the central leadership will decide But we do not accept "imports" in the party," he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this after meeting JD(U) MPs in Delhi on Thursday.
"Had a great meeting with @Jduonline MPs. Our parties have a long history of working together and fighting bad governance, corruption and criminalization in Bihar. @NitishKumar Ji's leadership has taken Bihar on the path of development. We will continue to work together for good governance," Prime Minister Modi said in a post on X and shared photographs from the meeting.
Nitish Kumar, returned to the NDA and took oath as Bihar CM with the support of the BJP, after leaving the alliance and joining the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led 'Mahagathbandhan' in August 2022. Kumar's JDU contested the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 in alliance with the BJP.
Meanwhile, in the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections, former Union minister and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Thursday expressed his desire for the NDA to form an absolute majority government in the state.
Bihar is expected to vote for its 243-member legislative assembly in October 2025.
Choubey said the BJP "should come to power on its own" and stressed that allies will stand with it. He said the prime ministerial candidate will be decided after the elections, adding that the party does not accept any "imports".
"It is my wish, and I have also told the party leadership, that an NDA government be formed in Bihar under the leadership of the BJP. With an absolute majority, the BJP should come to power on its own and take forward his allies too. This is my intention. "To achieve this, every worker must get to work now. I will do it well and without expectations,” Choubey told ANI on Thursday.
The former Union minister highlighted the party's alliance with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
"I think we were taking Nitish Kumar forward along with us, we are doing the same today too and we will do the same in future... The face of the CM will be decided after the elections are held. The party and the central leadership will decide But we do not accept "imports" in the party," he added.
