Accusing political horse-trading in the merger of Janta Dal United MLAs into BJP in Manipur, JDU chief Rajiv Ranjan Lalan Singh said on Saturday that the merger was done by BJP using money power.
The saffron party raises the issue of nationalism with eyes on Hindu votes, and to cause a dent into the Opposition vote-bank
While Bihar BJP bent over backwards to please its two allies JD-U and LJP, opposition Grand Alliance partners are struggling to reach a seat-sharing deal
Bihar has a total of 40 LS seats of which the BJP is contesting on only 17 seats, which means 13 candidates who fought elections on BJP tickets last time will have to go ticketless; party has parted with 17 seats for its new ally, the JDU, and the remaining six were left for LJP
