Manjhi took a dim view of the LJP's position, saying much water had flowed in the state politics in the past one decade.
"We will oppose the candidate of the dissident JD(U) MLA and former agriculture minister Narendra Singh's two MLA sons - Ajay Pratap (Jamui) and Sumit Kumar Singh (Chakai), the disqualified JD(U) MLAs Raju Singh (Sahebganj) and Ajit Kumar (Kanti), besides the JD(U) MLA Anil Kumar (Tekari)," the LJP's state unit president Pashupati Kumar Paras told reporters.
"We will put up our candidates against these five present and ex-MLAs if HAM (Secular), led by Manjhi, gives them tickets to contest the poll under the NDA," he said.
Paswan, who is the Union Food and Consumers Affairs Minister, nodded his head in approval as Paras spoke.
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He said that of the five HAM leaders being opposed by the LJP, constituencies of two of them (Ajay Pratap and Sumit Singh) were part of Jamui Lok Sabha seat which his son Chirag Paswan represents.
Manjhi, however, questioned the justification of the LJP in opposing his colleagues' candidature in the Assembly poll, saying "much water has flowed in Bihar politics to take such a hardline stand on individuals by any political party".