BJP is not a family party, says Bihar deputy CM Samrat Choudhary

Bihar deputy CM and BJP leader Samrat Choudhary in an interaction with ET dismissed the notion that low voter turnout would impact the NDA while expressing confidence that the difference between the NDA and the opposition is high. He further added that low voting percentage won't impact the NDA in terms of winnability of seats. "Where is the new vote going to the opposition? In Bihar, the fight is at 80:20. Therefore, low polling is not going to impact us. In fact, we are determined to do better than 2019," Choudhary told ET.

In 2019, the NDA had won 39 of the 40 Bihar seats with JDU and LJP as their allies. The BJP leader said that there are around 20 seats in Bihar where the opposition has almost given a walk over.

Talking about JDU joining the NDA again, Choudhary said the alliance is natural with a strong vote bank.


While the BJP is highlighting the passing of The Women Reservation Bill in Parliament, out of the 17 seats, BJP is contesting in Bihar, the party has not given a ticket to a woman in the state.

"Giving tickets to family members doesn't mean giving reservations to women. BJP is not a family party. We recently sent Dr Dharmshila Gupta to the Rajya Sabha. We nominated Anamika Singh Patel in the MLC elections," he said. "Laluji thinks that only his wife and daughter should take the benefit of women reservation whereas Modiji thinks that one third of the women of the country should be in Parliament and assemblies."

Attacking the RJD, Choudhary alleged that one leader who is against reservation is Lalu Prasad.