BJP Chief JP Nadda Writes to Chirag Paswan to Attend NDA Meet on July 18

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 16th July. Chirag Paswan, leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), is expected to attend the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance meeting on July 18, as the ruling party goes all out to show its strength amid intense attempts by the opposition to unite against the Modi government.

Union minister Nityanand Rai met with Paswan for the second time in a week on Friday night, and the LJP(R) also gave a letter from BJP president J P Nadda to the young leader, inviting him to the NDA meeting.

Nadda hailed the regional party as a significant element of the NDA and a key partner in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s push for poverty alleviation and development.

The BJP’s outreach to Paswan, the son of late stalwart Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan, underscores the party’s efforts to reintegrate him into the NDA after he left the alliance in Bihar ahead of the 2020 state assembly elections to campaign against then-Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the BJP’s closest ally.

While a split in the LJP led by his uncle, now a Union minister, weakened him, Chirag Paswan appears to have succeeded in keeping the party’s loyal vote bank with him, signaling the BJP’s importance in a state where it is pitted against a formidable coalition of the RJD, JD(U), Congress, and the Left.

He has also consistently backed the BJP on significant issues.

Various new BJP allies are anticipated to attend the NDA meeting, including the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the NCP section led by Ajit Pawar, various smaller parties from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, and regional parties from the northeastern states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also likely to attend the meeting.