BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday said that his party will form next government in Bihar and did some math to support his argument.

"BJP is set to form the next government in Bihar. There is no confusion," Shah said in his short speech in Hindi after he launched the party's poll campaign in Patna.

Shah also targeted Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his ally RJD chief  Lalu Prasad, by saying that whether they go for a grand alliance or grand merger of their parties, it is the BJP which is set to form the next government in the state.

"I want to tell Laluji. Zero plus zero is zero. No matter what alliance you form, nothing is going to happen," Shah said.

"I want to ask Nitish Kumar, just how many sugar mills are being run in Bihar? How many malls have come up in their place? How many roads are in good condition?" the BJP chief said, asserting that the big crowd at the rally "suggests there will be a BJP government in Bihar soon, whatever their alliance."

Shah said that at present there were 90 lakh BJP members in the state and urged the BJP members to reach out to each and every household in rural and urban areas to counter the negative propaganda against the party.

"Opposition parties across the country are creating confusion against Modi's government and the Land Bill. I can assure people that not an inch of land would be handed over to corporate houses. Land will be utilized for the development of rural people and national development," Shah said.
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Shah said that last month Nitish Kumar staged a fast to protest against Land Bill. "But Nitish Kumar should explain to people about where is land for 12 sugar mills in Bihar" he said.

This will be the first Assembly election in Bihar that the BJP will contest on its own in a very long time.

MI Khan/Rediff.com.