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Bihar Elections: RJD paves way for tie-up with
Congress
Monday, October 18, 2010 03:05:17 PM,
IANS
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Patna:
The Rashtriya Janata Dal may join hands with the Congress ahead of
the Bihar assembly elections beginning this week to ensure that
communal forces don't come to power, senior RJD leader Raghuvansh
Prasad Singh said Monday.
"The RJD is not averse to joining hands with the Congress if the
need arises," the former union minister, considered close to RJD
chief Lalu Prasad, told reporters.
He said the RJD's main objective was to dethrone the National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) from power in the state, governed by
Janata Dal-United's Nitish Kumar.
Admitting that snappping ties with the Congress was the RJD's
"biggest mistake", he said: "Even Lalu accepted that it was wrong
to snap ties with the Congress."
The Congress is contesting all 243 assembly seats on its own. The
RJD and Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) have got
together, contesting 168 and 75 seats respectively.
Bihar will elect a 243-member house in staggered election that
begin Oct 21 and end Nov 20. The results will be known Nov 24.
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