Patna, Aug 24 (IANS): BJP President J.P. Nadda on Sunday said that his party will fight the upcoming Assembly election in Bihar, along with the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Nadda's statement comes at a time when LJP President Chirag Paswan has taken a tough stand against Nitish Kumar, the JD-U chief.

Paswan, in a statement, said that he will raise issues related to the common people of the state. This is also seen as a bid to exert pressure on the JD-U and the BJP to claim more seats to contest.

Chirag Paswan and his father Ram Vilas Paswan are the among prominent Dalit leaders in Bihar, exerting influence in Hajipur, Saran, Chapra and some other key constituencies in the north and central Bihar.

As per January 2020, Bihar has a total of 7,21,40,945 voters, and 15 percent of them belong to Dalit and Mahadalit communities. Paswan also claims to be the leader of the Muslim community, which forms 17 percent of the electorate.

Addressing the party's Bihar working committee via video conferencing, Nadda said that all the three alliance partners will fight Bihar polls together and emerge victoriously.

"Bihar has the capacity to establish itself in the country. The silk industry of Bhagalpur, Litchi farming of Muzaffarpur, paintings of Madhubani, Makhana (food) of Darbhanga have the potential to establish themselves as export hubs. We have to become vocal for local to become self-reliant," he said.

"The opposition parties (Mahagathbandhan) are visionless at the moment. Hence, voters of Bihar expect a better future only from NDA. The people of Bihar are laborious and have the potential to change the status of the state," he added.