By Admin 
With the announcement of assembly election dates in Bihar, the dispute regarding seat sharing in NDA has increased. JDU and HAM have expressed displeasure over Chirag Paswan’s claim on their seats.
JDU has given a clear message to BJP that ‘deal with Chirag yourself’. This clash points to deepening differences within the NDA, which is complicating the seat sharing formula.
Controversy increased over seat sharing
According to sources, JDU is not in favor of giving its sitting seats to Chirag Paswan. These include Mahnar, Matihani and Chakai seats. JDU state president Umesh Kushwaha’s seat is Mahnar, which Chirag Paswan wants, but the party is not ready to give it up.
Similarly, Matihani seat was won by Chirag’s party in 2020, but later the MLA joined JDU. Now JDU wants to keep it in its account again. Controversy has also deepened on Chakai seat, where the current independent MLA Sumit Singh is a minister and a JDU supporter.
BJP and Manjhi are also adamant on their seats
BJP is also not ready to give its sitting seat to Govindganj Chirag. This seat is in the possession of the current BJP MLA, while Chirag wants it for his party’s Bihar state president Raju Tiwari.
On the other hand, Manjhi’s party is also not in favor of giving its seat to Sikandra Chirag. Chirag Paswan demands that he should get such seats where his candidates can win, but both JDU and us are not ready to give up our seats.
Talks incomplete, decision will be taken in Delhi
On this tug of war going on in NDA, JDU sources have said that the news of consent of seats being circulated in the media is not completely correct. Right now the talks are incomplete and now this discussion will take place in Delhi. JDU leaders have also said that they will not put forward their demands publicly. The party has made it clear that the future strategy will be decided only after talks with the BJP leadership.