Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday had a closed-door meeting with former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi over political situation in the state and to draw strategy to win all 24 seats of Legislative Council elections scheduled next week.
The July 7 Council poll is being considered as <g data-gr-id="24">semi-final</g> before the Assembly elections to be held later this year.
Modi went to Manjhi's residence and the two leaders had a closed-door meeting that lasted for more than one hour.
Modi said he had gone to Manjhi's residence to congratulate him for his decision to join the NDA for the coming Bihar poll. "We discussed <g data-gr-id="30">current</g> political situation in Bihar," Modi said.
The BJP leader said he urged Manjhi to campaign for NDA nominees in the coming election for 24 seats of the Legislative Council from local bodies and he agreed to the proposal.
Asked if they had talks over Assembly elections also, Modi, who had served as Deputy Chief Minister during the NDA's rule, said: "Right now, we are concentrating on Legislative Council poll only."
BJP is contesting in 18 seats in the Council election slated for July <g data-gr-id="29">7,</g> while ally LJP has fielded candidates in four and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) of Union MoS Upendra Kushwaha in two.
Asked if BJP would have <g data-gr-id="31">tie-up</g> with expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav, who has floated Jan Adhikar Party, Modi said: "No proposal to this effect has come from any other party."
"When any proposal comes in future BJP Parliamentary Board would look into it," Sushil Modi added.