NEW DELHI: BJP’s two allies in Bihar — JD(U) and LJP — are set to join the Narendra Modi Cabinet. While JD(U) joining the government gains significance considering that it stayed out of power after return to the alliance in 2017, LJP said it will send the name of its party supremo Ram Vilas Paswan for his induction in the Cabinet.Announcing Paswan’s name as the unanimous choice for ministerial berth, his son and party’s parliamentary board chairman, Chirag Paswan said, “All of us decided unanimously that our party president will be represented in the Cabinet. It’s PM’s prerogative to choose the ministers. But he will be our candidate. I will only be leading the party in the Lok Sabha.”Earlier, senior Paswan had said that there was a popular demand within the party for Chirag to find a place in the Cabinet. But Chirag said he wants to concentrate his energy on the 2020 Bihar assembly election, where the alliance would try to win at least 220 seats. Since senior Paswan did not contest the polls this time after being assured a Rajya Sabha seat, he would have to be elected to the Upper House. Sources said it would suit the LJP supremo to get elected from Bihar where a seat falls vacant with the election of Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib even if the tenure will be only for five years.Among the JD(U) MPs, possibility of Santosh Kushwaha from Purnia, Mahabali Singh from Karakat and Ramnath Thakur, a Rajya Sabha MP, are seen as the top contenders from the party. Kushwaha is in contention as his community has supported the NDA across the state.Mahabali Singh is the JD(U) state chief and defeated Upendra Kushwaha from Karakat. Sources also said Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, who has won from Firozpur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, might replace his wife Harsimarat Kaur in the Union Cabinet