Bihar politician Ram Vilas Paswan announced his alliance with BJP, tha party he had distanced himself from 12 years ago, over the 2002 riots in Narendra Modi's Gujarat.
Here are the highlights:Ram Vilas Paswan:- The expansion of NDA has started
- We have worked on seat sharing
- I am confident that LJP and we will benefit out of this alliance
- We have worked out a seat-sharing arrangement in Bihar
- I am confident that LJP and we will benefit out of this alliance
- It will strengthen the NDA not just in Bihar but the entire country
- BJP-led NDA can only save the way the country from this worst phase its going through
- Lok Jan Shakti Party will be contesting 7 seats
- Under his stewardship, the NDA is not just expanding but flourishing
- LJP is now a part of the NDA and Narendra Modi has already been declared their PM candidate, so you don't need to ask me about that again
- I want to thank Rajnath ji
- BJP is viewed differently now
- We were in the NDA before. We have been in the cabinet under Atalji
- I am the President of the National Dalit Front - Ramdas Athavale and Udit Raj are top office bearers. And all of us have now joined the BJP-led NDA
- I congratulate Rajnath Singh and his entire team for strengthening the NDA and bringing the alliance closer to power
- In Bihar, I'll be present in the Muzaffarpur rally and all the NDA constituents in Bihar will soon get together
- We have always been a part of the same family
- I am happy to come back to NDA again
- I worked in the UPA government and the NDA government too, but the amount of work that has been done for dalits was more in the NDA government
Rajnath Singh:- Advaniji is the chairperson of the NDA and Ram Vilas Paswan will be meeting him and our PM candidate Narendra Modi:
- I welcome Paswan ji
- Dalit leaders identify themselves with our party, we welcome them
- On 3rd March in Modis' Muzaffarnagar rally, Ram Vilas Paswan and his entire party will be present