Fadnavis to play key role in Bihar polls, says BJP
■ Leader attends key meet
New Delhi, Aug. 14: Former Maharashtra chief minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis is set to play a key role in his party’s preparation for the Bihar Assembly polls, a significant development that comes amid some disquiet in the saffron alliance in the state.
BJP sources said Fadnavis has been roped in by the party leadership for the poll preparedness and had recently attended a Bihar core committee meeting of the party.
“He has already begun his work and will play an active role. A formal announcement regarding his responsibility may be made later by party president J.P. Nadda,” a BJP source said.
The development also comes at a time when Bihar and Maharashtra governments have been trading charges over the handling of the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case by the Mumbai Police.
The matter has taken on an emotive dimension in Bihar, the home state of the actor.
Mr Fadnavis has been
heading the BJP’s attack on the Shiv Sena-NCPCongress government, accusing it of mishandling the case and pushing for a CBI probe.
In Bihar, two BJP allies, Chirag Paswan-headed Lok Janshakti Party and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), have been at loggerheads in the state.
The LJP has conveyed to the BJP leadership, the sources said, its uneasiness about the manner in which the issues raised by it have been dealt with.
Chirag Paswan had recently met Nadda and spoken about a host of issues, they said.
Party sources said Fadnavis may be made the Bihar election incharge once the Election Commission announces the schedule.