LJP's national president Chirag Paswan announced that he would embark on a state-wide 'Bihar First' yatra - with the promise of pulling the state out of its long history of backwardness.
The party decided to break the alliance with AJSU after a meeting between BJP chief Amit Shah, its working president JP Nadda and others
LJP contested unsuccessfully on one seat in 2014 Assembly polls in the state
Chirag Paswan is the second term Lok Sabha member and has been the key decision maker in the party for a while