00:00Breaking news that's coming in from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, where there seems to be some trouble within the NDA
00:06ahead of the UP elections.
00:09BJP's ally, Union Minister Chirag Paswan, has warned that his party, LGP Rambalas, will contest on all seats on his
00:17own if alliance talks fail.
00:20So far, there's been no breakthrough in really the alliance talks, and that's because largely on seat-sharing issues, there
00:26will be some hiccups.
00:27And now, Chirag Paswan talking tough to his ally, saying that the LGP Rambalas will contest on all seats on
00:33their own if alliance talks fail or if they feel that they're not being adequately represented within the NDA.
00:41Listen in to what Chirag Paswan said.
01:14Rohit Singh is joining us with more details.
01:16Rohit, as Chirag Paswan says, you know, they're part of the NDA in the centre, they're part of the NDA
01:22in Bihar, and yet in UP he suggests that that's not necessarily going to happen, that there's a possibility of
01:29his party fighting in all seats on their own.
01:32What explains this?
01:33Has there been some sort of differences between the BJP and the LGP?
01:39Well, I think what is Chirag Paswan maintaining at this point of time is mere posturing, because the talks as
01:48far as the seat-sharing agreement in Uttar Pradesh is concerned is not started as per sources, and discussions are
01:56going on, however.
01:58And Chirag Paswan is very keen on contesting the UP elections, as he has been earlier also, and he wants
02:07that the BJP should accommodate in Chirag Paswan's party also as far as the seat-sharing agreement is concerned, because
02:15there are the partners in the NDA in Uttar Pradesh, where seat-sharing agreement has to take place.
02:22So now he is basically, it's a pressure tactics that is being applied by Chirag Paswan, that if at all
02:28he is not inducted, or maybe he's not part of the NDA in Uttar Pradesh, then he might as well
02:36go ahead and contest all the 403 seats in UP.
02:41So I think that at this point of time, when he was addressing this election rally in Uttar Pradesh today,
02:46it was more of a pressure tactics.
02:49Back to you.
02:50Okay, pressure tactics even before the talks begin.
02:53And so you can see the Chirag Paswan is trying to set the stage for ensuring that the LGPA also
02:59makes a smooth entry into Uttar Pradesh.
03:01Thanks very much, Rohit, for those details.
