After winning Bihar election, Nitish Kumar is looking forward for the Assam election. According to the report, Nitish Kumar led JD (U) has identified 32 out of 126 seats in Assam where the party is likely to field candidates in the upcoming Assembly election.

Talking to media, quoted JD (U) national secretary and in-charge for the northeast, Sanjay Verma said that party want to capitalise on the sentiments prevailing against the All-India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) of Badruddin Ajmal. The BJP is a strong force in the state but it hardly fields candidates against Ajmal’s party.

JD(U) is performing good in the northeastern states. In 2020, the JD (U) became a recognised state party in Arunachal Pradesh where it won seven seats in the Assembly election. In Tripura, where Assembly elections are due in 2023, the JD (U) has started strengthening its organizational set-up. Earlier, The party had contested four seats in the 2016 Assembly polls in Assam but drew a blank.

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