Assam Assembly Election 2021: RJD Will Contest  in Alliance With Like- minded Parties, Says Tejashwi

Yadav said apart from the Congress and AIUDF, the RJD is in touch with other smaller parties.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Priyanka

Published: February 27, 2021, 4:18 PM IST

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RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav

Guwahati: Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said his party will contest the upcoming Assam Assembly polls in alliance with “like-minded” parties. Yadav, during his first visit to Guwahati, said he has already spoken to Congress and will hold talks with the AIUDF later in the day to formalise the alliance.

“We are talking to like-minded parties,” he told a press conference here. Yadav said apart from the Congress and AIUDF, the RJD is in touch with other smaller parties.

Our party used to be a national party, now we want to expand it. Talks on: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on alliance formation in Assam for upcoming assembly polls pic.twitter.com/PGGlRRUDex

— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2021

“There are around five per cent Hindi-speaking people from Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. We have considerable number of such people in 11 seats, but we’ll contest only where chances of winning are high,” Yadav said.

The senior RJD leader also said he would travel to other poll-bound states West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry to campaign against the BJP and its allies.

(With inputs from PTI)