The Bharatiya Janata Party now emerged as significant player in the house with 75 seats. The conflict between the officeholders of the JD(U) and BJP also surfaced over the choice of Chief Minister, as many of the BJP leaders and workers wanted the Chief Ministerial candidate from the BJP, which was second largest party in the house and a bigger partner in the alliance in comparison to the JD(U). The top leaders of BJP however proposed Nitish Kumar as the leader of coalition and the next chief minister once again. The government formation in 2020 witnessed dominance of BJP, which got more ministerial births and appointed two Deputy Chief Ministers, both belonging to Extremely Backward Castes in order to create a new caste coalition for itself. In the aftermath of government formation, the JD (U) took energetic steps to recover its lost vote base by engulfing the leaders from smaller parties like Bahujan Samaj Party and the organisational changes were also made by appointing Ramchandra Prasad Singh and Umesh Kushwaha as its National and state president, in a bid to strengthen the Luv-Kush alliance (defined as the coalition of Kurmi and Kushwaha caste). The most awaited step to strengthen this alliance was the merger of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party into JD(U) in 2021, after which its leader Upendra Kushwaha was appointed as the president of parliamentary board of the JD(U). Present condition Despite the separation from Bihar of financially richer Jharkhand, Bihar has seen more growth in recent years. , Bihar's main political party groupings are Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United)-Rashtriya Janata Dal led coalition, which includes the INC. There are many other political groupings : Pashupati Kumar Paras led Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party is a constituent of the NDA, and does not agree with Yadav's RJD; the weakened Communist Party of India; CPM and Forward Bloc have minor presences; ultra left parties like CPML and Party Unity have significant following in some parts of Bihar. Gallery Elections General elections Political parties in Bihar National parties Bahujan Samaj Party Bharatiya Janata Party Communist party of India Communist Party of India (Marxist) Indian National Congress Regional parties All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Janata Dal (United) Rashtriya Janata Dal Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Vikassheel Insaan Party Jan Adhikar Party Bharatiya Jan Congress Bihar People's Party