A day after his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) put up a surprising show, winning 19 out of the 29 seats it contested in the Bihar assembly polls , Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday said he was "looking forward to joining the new government" under the leadership of Nitish Kumar.

Addressing a press conference in Patna, Chirag charged the opposition with creating a "false narrative" that he was not on good terms with Nitish.

"Representatives of my party today met Nitish Kumar to congratulate him upon the victory. Yes, we too are looking forward to joining the government. Earlier, we used to say that we support the government but are not a part of it. But that was because we had no representation in the state legislature," he said.

Replying to a query, he said, "It is for the leg

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