LS polls: NDA finalises seat-sharing pact in Bihar; BJP gets 17 seats, JD(U) 16
In 2019, both the BJP and the JDU had contested on 17 seats each.
In 2019, both the BJP and the JDU had contested on 17 seats each.
"It is not right to share the talks that took place with the BJP on a public platform but it is certain that Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest the Lok Sabha election from Hajipur," Chirag Paswan said.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting headed by national president Chirag Paswan in New Delhi on Wednesday evening.
It asked both the groups to furnish the name of their party and the symbols which they wish to be allotted for the bye-elections by October 4.
The executive committee of the LJP has 76 members and the majority of them are with Paras, electing him as the president of the LJP
BJP stoutly backed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s leadership to the hilt and snubbed LJP chief Chirag Paswan who has raised a banner of revolt.
Bihar in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi along with other senior leaders are set to meet at the party chief JP Nadda home today.
“There is no question of contesting less than 42 seats. The BJP chief has already assured us that we will be given the same number of seats which came to our share under the seat-sharing arrangement in the last assembly elections,” LJP spokesperson Sanjay Kumar Singh told the media on Monday.
'We will fight Bihar polls together and emerge victoriously,' he said.
In a fresh move, Chirag joined the Opposition in attacking the Nitish Kumar government after a link road to a bridge which was inaugurated by the chief minister barely a month back was washed away by the floodwaters on Wednesday.
