'Will do injustice to allies': Chirag sends 'A' category message ahead of UP polls
Union Minister Chirag Paswan has announced that his party, LJP (Ram Vilas), has identified priority seats for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. While he prefers to contest as part of the NDA alliance, he has kept the option of running independently to provide voters with more choices.
Why it matters
This signals potential friction or strategic posturing within the NDA coalition regarding seat-sharing arrangements in a key state.
NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan said that his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has identified its priority and 'A' category seats in Uttar Pradesh and has a clear idea of the minimum number of constituencies it wants to contest as part of an alliance.Chirag Paswan, whose party is part of the BJP-led NDA, did not disclose the number of seats it is seeking. He said that doing so at this stage would be unfair to its alliance partners.“If I share those figures publicly at this stage, I would be doing an injustice to my alliance partners. Within the party, we are very clear and focused about which seats should be our priority.
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