Lok Sabha Election 2024: RLD Joins BJP-led NDA Alliance; Jayant Chaudhary Meets Amit Shah

New Delhi, March 3: Jayant Chaudhary's Rashtriya Lok Dal formally joined the BJP-led NDA alliance on Saturday. Chaudhary met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital and announced the tie-up on his official X. Notably, Chaudhary's RLS party was a part of INDIA bloc and his alliance with the BJP will come as another strong blow to opposition unity, aiming to take on PM Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

In a post on X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah shared photographs with Chaudhary and wrote, "I welcome Rashtriya Lok Dal President Shri @jayantrld ji to the NDA family. Expressing confidence in the policies of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, he joined NDA and will further strengthen our resolve for the upliftment of farmers, poor and deprived classes."

राष्ट्रीय लोकदल के अध्यक्ष श्री @jayantrld जी का एनडीए परिवार में स्वागत करता हूँ।

प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी की नीतियों में विश्वास प्रकट करते हुए उनके एनडीए में आने से किसान, गरीब और वंचित वर्ग के उत्थान के हमारे संकल्प को और बल मिलेगा।

आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव में एनडीए… pic.twitter.com/o6rjkiWId6

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 2, 2024

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"NDA is committed to cross 400 in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and build a developed India in the Amrit Kaal," he added. "Under the leadership of Shri @narendramodi ji, India is becoming a parallel witness to development and poor welfare! Met @AmitShah ji and @JPNadda ji and decided to join #NDA. NDA is ready to fulfill the resolve of developed India and the slogan of crossing 400 this time," Chaudhary's posted on X.