BJP leaves 2 Delhi seats for Bihar allies, no luck for                   Shinde Sena

The Opposition INDIA bloc stands divided ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls, the BJP has finalised a deal with its NDA allies from                      Bihar, JDU and LJP. BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said in an official statement that the party was leaving two seats                    for its allies. “As a part of the seat-sharing agreement, the JD(U) will contest the Burari seat while the LJP(RV) will contest Deoli,”                     the statement read.

           JD(U) will contest the seat and has announced Shailendra Kumar as its                candidate while LJP (RV) will field its candidate from February 5 polls.

The BJP on Thursday released its fourth list of nine candidates for the February 5 polls, thus declaring 68 of the 70 names — leaving                    two seats for the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and the Chirag Paswan led LJP (RV).

While the JD(U) has announced Shailendra Kumar as its candidate from Burari, the LJP (RV) is likely to field a candidate from Deoli.              “Principally, we all agreed to defeat the  (AAP) together. Now that the seat-sharing deal has been reached, we are hitting the ground with          full strength,” JD(U) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad said.

Asked if the party felt slighted given that it had contested two seats in the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls, Prasad said: “It is not important how many seats we contest. What is important is that we fight together and show a model of better governance to the people of Delhi.”

Five years ago, apart from Burari, the JD(U) had contested from another Purvanchali-dominated constituency, Sangam Vihar.

At the time, Burari also had a candidate from Jayant Chaudhary’s (RLD), which is an NDA ally now.

The LJP (then united) had fielded candidates from kirari , Bijwasan, Laxmi Nagar, Seemapuri and Mustafabad.