PATNA: A rerun of Bihar politics is all set to be witnessed in West Bengal early next year. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is running the government in Bihar in alliance with the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U), is expected to enter Bengal with all guns blazing in the 2021 assembly elections.
The saffron party's ally JD-U is also all set to contest independently on 75 assembly seats in Bengal. Apart from the JD-U, the Hindustani AwamMorcha (HAM), which is part of the Bihar government, will also be seen flexing its muscles ahead of the West Bengal elections.
Preparations have been started by the political outfits of Bihar for next year's assembly elections in West Bengal.
The JD-U's West Bengal in-charge and Legislative CouncillorGulamRasoolBalyawi has made it clear that the JD-U is preparing to field candidates for 75 assembly seats in Bengal.
Sources said that if there is no political understanding between the BJP and the JD-U in Bengal, then both the parties could be seen contesting independently in the political field.
JD-U Secretary General K. C. Tyagi also said that the party's preparations are in full swing for the West Bengal elections. However, the number of seats on which the party would contest is yet to be formally decided.
Balyawi said that the party's West Bengal unit has been active for the last three years and 75 seats have been earmarked for the polls.
Asked about the JD-U and the BJP's political confrontation, Balyawi said there will be talks in this regard between the leadership of the two parties. If both parties agree, they would fight the elections together.
He, however, also said that the party is in alliance with the BJP only in Bihar. The JD-U has earlier contested elections alone in Bengal. (IANS)