Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) national president and Bihar Cabinet Minister Mukesh Sahni on Saturday announced that his party will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, with a special focus on the 160 Nishad-majority seats. The announcement came a day after Sahni had formally inaugurated his state party office in Lucknow. He claimed that his party will play a deciding role in the 2022 UP Vidhan Sabha elections and also in forming the government. The VIP from Bihar is a party mainly comprising the fishermen community and as part of the NDA, has one minister in the Bihar Cabinet. But we will make special preparations in the 160 seats where Nishad (fishermen community) voters are a deciding factor,” he added.

Source: Indian Express July 03, 2021 23:29 UTC