JD-U to focus on all 40 LS seats in Bihar

Close on the heels of BJP president Amit Shah asking party cadre to focus on all 40 Lok Sabha seats of Bihar, its alliance partner in the state, JD(U), too has made clear its intentions with an eye on the 2019 general elections.

JD(U) national general secretary RCP Singh on Sunday said the party will be taking several measures to strengthen its organisational structure including appointment of booth-level agents in all the 40 Lok Sabha seats of Bihar.

"We will be holding meetings in blocks, districts and state levels besides holding conferences in all the districts...Elections (Lok Sabha) will be held after the next year (2019) and naturally, any political party will work hard to strengthen its organisational structure right up to the booth-level," leader in Rajya Sabha and JD(U) told reporters here.

"We will strengthen our organisation on all the 40 Lok Sabha seats (in Bihar)," Singh said adding, the party intends to appoint booth-level agents within two months in all the Lok Sabha seats.

Singh was briefing mediapersons after the meeting of state executive committee which was attended by the party's national president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Ministers of JD(U) quota in Bihar government, MPs, MLAs and other prominent leaders of the state.