Speaking to ANI, Anwar said "The Jharkhand elections are very important for us. We wanted to contest on more seats however for the state to grow more, we decided to sacrifice and we have decided to contest for two seats. This time, the people are in NDA's favor."
Janata Dal-United (JDU) MLC Dr Khalid Anwar hailed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that he is a seasoned politician who understands the country and there is nobody who can be a better Prime Minister than Nitish Kumar.