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Patna, October 7 (IANS) With the announcement of Bihar Assembly election dates, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has made important organizational changes ahead of the elections.
The party has appointed Jamui MP Arun Bharti as election in-charge and state president Raju Tiwari as deputy election in-charge, effective immediately.
A letter issued by the party’s national general secretary Abdul Khaliq said that these appointments were made under the direction of Union Minister and party President Chirag Paswan.
The letter also mentioned that all previous appointments related to the post of election in-charge have been canceled with immediate effect.
Following the new appointments, Arun Bharti and Raju Tiwari will oversee all election-related responsibilities, including candidate selection, campaign management and strategy formulation.
The move is seen as a significant organizational development within the NDA alliance as preparations intensify for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, which will be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11, on November 14.
Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) (LJPRV) has emerged as a strong regional force in Bihar politics, with five Lok Sabha seats.
The latest organizational reshuffle, appointing Arun Bharti as election-in-charge and Raju Tiwari as deputy election-in-charge, comes at a crucial time as the seat-sharing formula within the NDA remains undecided.
According to sources, the delay in finalizing the formula is largely due to Chirag Paswan’s firm stance on securing a significant number of seats for his party.
Arun Bharti had earlier claimed that LJPRV wants a respectable share of between 43 and 137 assembly seats in the upcoming elections.
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, the undivided LJP had independently contested 137 seats, winning only one, whose MLA later joined the JD(U).
However, the political landscape has shifted since then.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chirag Paswan’s LJPRV contested five seats under the NDA banner and won all five, achieving a 100 per cent strike rate.
This spectacular success has significantly increased the party’s bargaining power within the NDA, making its role crucial in the seat-sharing talks for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections.
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