New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday welcomed the announcement of assembly elections in Bihar but did not say if Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in the state.

'We were waiting for the announcement as the BJP-JD-U (Janata Dal-United) government has done good work. We will win,' BJP spokesman Shanawaz Hussain told IANS.

He said the six-phase balloting would enable proper movement of security forces from one part of the state to another.

Asked if Modi -- with who Chief Minister Nitish Kumar does not see eye to eye -- will campaign in the state, he said the BJP had not yet decided who will go seeking votes.

'Whoever (leader) is sought by the candidates will be called. Nobody is untouchable,' he said.

Nitish Kumar stoked a row in June during the BJP national executive meet in Patna by objecting to newspapers carrying his photograph with Modi's in an advertisement.

Some JD-U leaders have openly demanded that Modi and BJP MP Varun Gandhi should not campaign in Bihar.

He said the BJP will contest 103 of the 243 seats in the state and the party's central leadership will meet to pick the candidates based on the feedback from the state.