JD(U) plans to contest next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

Ruling NDA coalition partner in Bihar Janata Dal (United) on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) said it would contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year and the party was preparing to field candidates in 60 seats, particularly in Purvanchal areas, close to the Bihar border, where Kurmi and Kushwaha votes were in sizeable numbers. The party will hold its workers’ meeting in Varanasi on October 25 in which top leaders from Bihar are likely to be present.

“The party will contest the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and it will hold its workers’ meeting at Varanasi on October 25. Party’s national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, Uttar Pradesh in-charge Shrawan Kumar and Nishant Kumar, son of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary are likely to be present at the meeting”, said senior leader and JD(U) MLC in Bihar Sanjay Gandhi alias Sanjay Kumar Singh.