NDA alliance to hold key meeting in Patna; Congress CEC to finalise candidate list today

The assembly elections in Bihar will be held in two phases, polling for which will be held on November 6 and 11, while the counting of votes will be done on November 14.

Patna:The seat-sharing discussions among political parties in Bihar have intensified ahead of the assembly polls. A crucial meeting of all NDA partners is scheduled for today in Patna, with top leaders from the BJP, JDU, LJP (Ram Vilas), and other allies expected to attend. According to reports, both the BJP and JDU are keen to contest 103 seats each. Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) is demanding 15–18 seats, while the BJP is reportedly willing to offer only 7–8. Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) is seeking 40–50 seats, but the BJP has proposed around 20. Meanwhile, the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) will also meet today to finalise its candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections. The Mahagathbandhan (INDIA bloc) has yet to reach or announce a seat-sharing formula among its partners.

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Let the right time come: Chirag Paswan on seat-sharing Chirag Paswan was seen avoiding questions from reporters at the Patna airport. When Chirag arrived in Patna on Tuesday, media personnel surrounded him and began asking questions about seat sharing. Chirag replied, Oh my God... please wait, the talks are still in the very early stages, and well share more information when the time is right. Theres no point in revealing anything until things are finalised.

Dharmendra Pradhan holds seat-sharing talks with Chirag Paswan Senior BJP leaders, including the partys Bihar polls in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, held talks with Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday over the regional partys share of seats in the state elections amid competing claims from their various allies. Besides the number of seats Paswan has sought, his party is keen on certain constituencies seen to be friendlier to his partys prospects and has asked for being allotted a couple of assembly seats in each of the five Lok Sabha constituencies it had won in 2024, sources have said.

Paswans party has pointed out that the last time it contested the assembly elections as part of the BJP-led NDA in 2015, it was given 43 seats to contest in the 243-member assembly. The JD(U) was then not part of the alliance. It had walked out of the NDA in 2020 due to its differences with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and had ended up seriously damaging the JD(U), even though it could win only one of the over 135 seats it had contested.

Apart from Union minister Paswan, other BJP allies are Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha besides Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United), which enjoys parity with the BJP in the ruling coalition in Bihar in terms of seats.

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