BJP ropes in Dalit allies to up secular score

The BJP seems rather anxious to bag ‘secular’ trophies in the run-up to the general elections. The party on Monday rolled out the red carpet for two Dalit leaders who have so far been trailing the Congress. The BJP has reportedly offered seven seats in Bihar to Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Ram Vilas Paswan, whose alliance arithmetic with the Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is not working to his advantage.

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