Chirag Paswan Flaunts 100% Strike Rate, Says Bihar Mandate Ends Talk Of JD(U)-LJP (RV) Rift

Last Updated:November 15, 2025, 14:15 IST

“This is our party’s second-best performance after 2005,” Chirag Paswan said, reflecting on the LJP(RV)’s turbulent electoral past.

LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan (Image: News18)

Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan said his party had delivered a “100% strike rate" in the Bihar Assembly elections, further strengthening the LJP(RV)’s position within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). He added that the coalition’s sweeping mandate had put to rest “all speculation" that the Janata Dal (United) and the LJP(RV) would “dent each other’s prospects."

“This is our party’s second-best performance after 2005," Chirag Paswan said, reflecting on the LJP(RV)’s turbulent electoral past.

“There was a time in 2009 when even my father couldn’t win the poll, but he made a comeback in 2014. The same thing happened with me in 2020- we underperformed and then went through a very rough phase in 2021. But in 2024, we won five Lok Sabha seats with a 100% strike rate. And now, in the Assembly polls, we have delivered again," he continued.

This election lifted NDA’s smaller allies into comfortable positions but none has gained more political mileage than Chirag Paswan. His party won 19 of the 29 seats it contested- many of them constituencies where the NDA had performed poorly in previous elections. The LJP(RV)’s return to the NDA fold this year, after contesting independently in 2020, is also estimated to have added 5–6% to the alliance’s vote share.

Chirag Paswan Meets Nitish Kumar

After the NDA secured 202 seats in the 2025 Assembly polls, Chirag Paswan met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna to congratulate him on the coalition’s decisive victory. Sharing a photo from the meeting on X (formerly Twitter), he wrote that he had extended “hearty congratulations and best wishes" to Nitish Kumar for the “resounding majority."

Chirag Paswan said, “I congratulated Nitish-ji and he appreciated the role of every alliance partner. We also discussed what the next steps for the alliance should be."

He criticised the opposition for “misleading people" by attempting to build a “false narrative" of tensions between the JD(U) and the LJP(RV).

“There was a narrative used against us that the JD(U) and LJP(RV) have issues and will dent each other. The results have given a clear answer," he said.

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