We don't see any trouble in Bihar NDA: Bhupendra Yadav

Patna: The JD(U), BJP and LJP coalition appear to be formidable in Bihar but murmurs of dissent are slowly becoming palpable in the NDA fold.

In the last one week, there have been numerous meeting with the LJP president Chirag Paswan but there has been no unanimity on the seat sharing arrangement within the NDA.

BJP general secretary and Bihar in-charge, Bhupendra Yadav tries to downplay the seat-sharing issue with the LJP and asserts that senior leader and Union minister Ramvilas Paswan will sort out the issue.

Chirag Paswan has been vocal about the performance of Nitish Kumar Government and he doesn't hesitate to corner him.

The RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav, who is part of mahagathbandhan, is also making advances towards Chirag Paswan offering him 53 seats, putting BJP in dilemma, which is not ready to offer him even 41 assembly seats.

In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat's Regional Editor Braj Mohan Singh, National General Secretary of the BJP and Bihar in-charge Bhupendra Yadav said that he is confident that NDA will get a three-fourth majority in the upcoming Bihar assembly election.

Question- How are you communicating with the people during covid-19 situation in Bihar?

Bhupendra Yadav: We have been interacting with voters and part workers regularly. Technology has become very effective in such a situation. We have been holding the Virtual rally and it has been very very effective. All political parties are making great use of the internet as a medium to connect with their followers.

Question: Recently election commission held an all-party meeting, do you think that elections will be held on time?

Bhupendra Yadav - We are also of the view that polls should be held on time. The way Election Commission is gearing up for elections in Bihar, we can say that elections will be held on time.

Question- Why rural infrastructure has not improved in Bihar, what we need to do?

Bhupendra Yadav - After the arrival of smartphones, a lot has changed. We have moved ahead in road construction.

Bihar has a network of rivers, so we are also working fast on bridge construction. Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar has managed to address the power shortage in the entire Bihar. Now electricity is available in every nook and corner of the state, including the Diara region in Bihar. We have done a lot of development works in the last five years and improved the infrastructure of Bihar.

Question: There has been a lot of change in the political situation in Bihar. Where do you see RJD and others?.

Bhupendra Yadav - The RJD has never played the role of an opposition in Bihar. Tejashwi Yadav always levels personal allegations and never speaks about what has been done in Bihar.

Tejashwi Yadav always prefers to attack based on his personal grudge, which is not good. This is why the NDA has got the blessings of the public.

Question- Why are the people of the grand alliance deserting RJD?

Bhupendra Yadav – Bihar has seen many socialist leaders who always placed people over their families. Starting from Ram Manohar Lohia, Karpoori Thakur, Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal in Kosi region, and Kapil Dev Singh, all were socialists, and they always thought of the country first. But Laloo Yadav family always thinks about their family, this is not the democracy, this is feudalism.

Question- Tejashwi Yadav says the CM fears coming out and meeting people?

Bhupendra Yadav - Tejashwi ji is alleging that CM is not coming out of his house, but the truth is Tejashwi Yadav did not stay in his house. If there is so much difference between words and actions, we don't need to comment on this.

Question: Of late, LJP president Chirag Paswan is singing a different political tune, he is aggressively questioning Bihar government, why?

Bhupendra Yadav - The NDA is completely united. Ram Vilas Paswan is the senior-most leader of our NDA coalition and we work on what he says. We don't see if there is any trouble in NDA coalition.

Question- You have been an election strategist, what do you think will happen in Bihar this time?

Bhupendra Yadav - We are strong in Bihar and will form the government with a three-fourth majority. There is no challenge in this because we have made changes with development in Bihar, so we have nothing like any challenge.

Question: There is flood situation in Kosi area, what is the plan of the party and the government there?

Bhupendra Yadav - We are aware of the floods in Bihar. We stand with the people there and in every situation, we will provide them all help.

Question - What will be the issue in this election?

Bhupendra Yadav - Continuity of development will be our issue. Bihar will keep on developing, Bihar will keep moving forward, this is our core issue.