Chapra/Gopalganj, 4 September (H.S) National president of JDU parliamentary board and ex union minister Upendra Kushwaha today told that JDU would contest assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Talk of alliance with NDA is on, but if it fails, JDU would fight solo, he asserted. During his Bihar Yatra, Kushwaha said so in Gopalganj. He said that Nitish Kumar wield influence in bordering districts of Uttar Pradesh and workers have vowed to make JDU a national party. MP Dr. Alok Kumar Suman told that the name Nitish Kumar, chief minister of Bihar, is synonymous with confidence and people of Bihar repose full confidence in him. He said that role of workers at panchayat level would be made important. Ex minister Ram Sevak Singh, MLA Amarendra Kumar Pandey, district spokesperson Aditya Shankar were present on this occasion