Bihar BJP chief’s BOMBSHELL ahead of polls; claims ‘half a dozen’ RJD, Congress MLAs will join saffron party in…

Bihar Assembly Election: Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal dropped a bombshell on Friday, claiming that around ‘half a dozen’ incumbent MLA from Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress will join the saffron party ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election, which is slated to be conducted on November 6 and 11th next month.

RJD, Congress MLAs to jump ship?

Addressing a press conference to welcome back former Muzaffarpur MP Ajay Nishad into the saffron fold, Jaiswal claimed the ruling BJP was set to receive a major boost ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election as “half a dozen MLAs of the RJD-Congress combine” will jump ship “in the next few days.”

“In the next few days, about half a dozen MLAs of the Congress and RJD will be joining the party, in a clear indication of the growing trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,” the Bihar BJP chief claimed, according to news agency PTI.

However, Jaiswal did not divulge any details about who was expected to jump ship to the BJP.

Ajay Nishad joins BJP

Meanwhile, Ajay Nishad , a two-time MP from Muzaffarpur, who had contested the seat in the last Lok Sabha polls on a Congress ticket, after the BJP fielded Raj Bhushan Chaudhary, returned to the BJP on Friday. Nishad had lost the election to BJP’s Raj Bhushan Chaudhary, who is now a Union Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet.

Ajay Nishad, the son of former Union minister, late Capt Jayanarayan Nishad,  had been with the RJD and the JD(U), led by arch rivals Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, respectively.

“With Nishad’s return to the BJP, our party will be strengthened further in the Tirhut region,” Jaiswal said.

The Bihar assembly election will be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11, while counting of votes will take place on November 14.

(With PTI inputs)

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