Bihar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda chaired a meeting over Bihar assembly election at the latter’s residence in New Delhi, in presence of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi.
As per sources, the BJP and CM Nitish Kumar’s JDU have reached a 50:50 seat-sharing agreement and an announcement in the regard will be made soon.
It is said that the JD(U) will contest on 124 seats, while BJP will contest in 119 seats in the House of 243.
While the BJP is yet to take a call on Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party, The Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) of former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will be allocated seats from the JD(U) quota; whereas BJP will give seats to LJP from its share if they remain in the alliance.
It may be recalled that Paswan is currently admitted to a Delhi hospital where he underwent heart surgery on Sunday. The LJP has reportedly demanded larger number of seats from what was offered by the JDU.
The elections will be held in three phases — October 28, November 3, and 7. The counting of votes will begin on November 10.
