Despite the LJP’s assertion against ties with the JD (U) for the Assembly polls, JD (U) parliamentary party leader Nitish Kumar today said his party was trying to bring anti-Laloo forces on one platform under the leadership of the LJP chief, Ram Vilas Paswan.‘‘We are not bothered about the number of seats. Even if the JD (U) manages to win more seats, it will support Paswan for chief ministership,’’ Kumar told reporters.The senior JD (U) leader stressed that there was ‘‘no rationale’’ in contesting elections separately and if the anti-Laloo forces wanted to throw the RJD out of power, ‘‘all of us should join hands’’.Paswan had yesterday dismissed any chance of a poll pact with the JD (U) in Bihar as it was not ready to sever ties with the BJP—the condition laid by the LJP to enter into an alliance. He said the Congress had lost its identity in Bihar and was playing second fiddle to the ruling RJD.
