BHABUA, Nov. 27 -- Barely a few days after the results of the Bihar assembly polls were declared, in which the National Democratic Alliance secured a landslide victory, the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) lone MLA from the Ramgarh constituency in Kaimur district, Satish Kumar Singh, alias Pintu Yadav, alleged that he had been receiving phone calls from leaders of the ruling alliance urging him to switch sides, though he did not name the callers. The BSP MLA had defeated BJP's Ashok Kumar Singh by just 30 votes. The BSP on Wednesday held a state-level meeting in Patna, in the presence of the party's national convener Akash Anand, at the Maharaja Complex to review its performance in the 2025 assembly elections. On this occasion, the party's Bihar in-charge, Anil Kumar, alleged that several inducements were being offered to the BSP's lone MLA, but insisted he would not defect. He did not, however, name any party or leader. Party national coordinator and Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam told HT that Ramgarh MLA Satish Kumar Singh had been receiving phone calls from leaders of the ruling coalition, urging him to join them, but he had firmly refused to switch sides. In Bihar, BSP MLAs and candidates have a long history of switching parties. In the 2020 assembly elections, Md Jama Khan, the BSP's lone MLA from Chainpur, joined Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JDU after winning the election and was appointed minority welfare minister. This time, he has again become a cabinet minister after winning on a JDU ticket. Before Khan, Brij Kishore Bind, the BSP candidate from Chainpur, also defected. He joined the BJP, won on a BJP ticket in 2009, 2010 and 2015, and went on to become a cabinet minister. After being denied a BJP ticket from Chainpur in the recent assembly elections, he contested on an RJD ticket and finished second, losing to JDU's Md Jama Khan. Earlier, Suresh Pasi, who won from Mohania on a BSP ticket, and Ramchandra Singh Yadav, who won from Bhabua, had also defected and joined the RJD and Samajwadi Party respectively. Commenting on the BSP MLA's allegations, JD-U state spokesperson Abhishek Jha said the ruling alliance enjoys a strong majority. "It is a matter of common sense that the NDA has no need to break a single MLA. Our leader and chief minister Nitish Kumar has a clean, unblemished and development-oriented image, which draws people towards him. Whether it is an individual or a public representative, if they are impressed by our policies and want to join us, both the JD(U) and the NDA will welcome them with open arms," Jha said. BJP state spokesperson Prem Ranjan Patel termed the allegations baseless. "The NDA does not exclude anyone. Winning opposition MLAs have made numerous promises to the people of their constituencies. They understand that only by joining hands with the government can the development of their areas and the fulfilment of their promises be ensured; otherwise, their political future will be in jeopardy. Anyone who wants to contribute to the development of the state and its people is welcome in our alliance," he said.....