'No one can compete with us': Tej Pratap says Mahua backing JJD; vows to work for Bihar

NEW DELHI: Janshakti Janata Dal (JJD) main Tej Pratap Yadav connected Monday exuded assurance up of the Bihar elections, saying helium enjoys monolithic enactment successful his constituency of Mahua and that “no 1 tin compete” with his party."You each should travel to Mahua and spot if I americium getting enactment oregon not. No 1 tin vie with us. No 1 tin basal successful beforehand of the blackboard... An ambiance of targeting the Muslims should not beryllium created," Tej Pratap told reporters.The erstwhile Bihar minister, who is contesting from Mahua erstwhile again, said the existent powerfulness lies with the voters and that the radical of Bihar volition determine who volition signifier the adjacent government."Everything depends connected the temper of the voters. Only clip volition archer what happens... What should I bash (if Tejashwi Yadav has been announced arsenic the CM face)... I look nary situation successful Mahua...

I don’t see anyone arsenic my enemy... Our docket is to lone enactment for Bihar," helium said erstwhile asked astir the INDIA bloc naming Tejashwi Yadav arsenic its main ministerial candidate.Tej Pratap besides underlined that his party’s halfway docket is improvement and nationalist welfare. "Our docket is to lone enactment for Bihar," helium said, dismissing speech of rivalries oregon idiosyncratic battles.Last week, Yadav filed his information papers from Mahua with overmuch fanfare, starring a roadshow portion carrying a photograph of his grandmother, whom helium described arsenic his guiding force.

"I person moved up with the blessings of my grandma and my parents. On this auspicious occasion, arsenic I americium required to record my nomination, I person brought my grandma with me. She lives connected successful our hearts... People of Mahua volition enactment whoever works for them. I worked to marque Mahua a territory and besides springiness employment opportunities to the youth," helium said.The JJD precocious announced its archetypal database of 22 candidates for the upcoming

Bihar assembly elections

, with Tej Pratap expected to beryllium 1 of the cardinal faces successful the campaign.Bihar volition ballot successful 2 phases -- connected November 6 and November 11 -- with counting scheduled for November 14. The electoral contention is shaping up arsenic a three-cornered combat betwixt the ruling NDA, the INDIA bloc led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, and caller entrants similar Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj and Tej Pratap’s JJD, some aiming to reshape Bihar’s governmental landscape.