National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s Chirag Paswan announced on social media on Tuesday that the issue of seat sharing between the alliance partners in Bihar has been resolved amicably. Chirag Paswan posted the same message showing unity within the alliance ahead of the assembly elections. He said that discussions on which party will contest which seat are in the final stages and are progressing positively. The post read, “The issue of seat sharing between the NDA parties has been resolved through amicable talks. Discussions on which party will contest which seat are also in the final stages with positive talks.”
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The post further said that under the leadership of Narendra Modi ji and Nitish Kumar ji, all the parties of NDA are fully prepared with complete unity. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Samrat Chaudhary, Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) national president Chirag Paswan were among those who shared the same message on Instagram. However, no such post came from leaders of Janata Dal (United) and Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party Hindustani Awam Morcha (Hum).
This development has come to light amid reports of internal discontent over seat distribution for Bihar assembly elections. According to the agreement announced on Sunday, BJP and JDU will contest elections on 101 seats each. Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) has been given 29 seats, while Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM and Upendra Kushwaha’s RLM have been given six seats each. Both Kushwaha and Manjhi expressed dissatisfaction with this formula, because HAM had demanded 40 seats and RLM had demanded 24 seats. Despite this, both the leaders have reiterated their commitment to remain a part of the NDA and fight the elections together.
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In a post on Twitter on Monday, Kushwaha apologized to his supporters and expressed disappointment over the limited number of seats, saying, “I apologize to you. The number of seats did not meet your expectations. I understand that this decision will hurt the hearts of thousands of people, including those colleagues who aspired to be our party’s candidates.”