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Next year (on 9 April 2026), five Rajya Sabha seats of Bihar quota are becoming vacant. Currently, JDU has two seats, RJD has two and Upendra Kushwaha has one seat. There is definitely a few months time for the seats to become vacant but the rhetoric for this has started. A statement by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi shows a picture of tension in the NDA.
This time (2025) NDA has won 202 seats in the assembly elections. Accordingly, it has been decided that this time no one from RJD will be able to go to Rajya Sabha. Two seats will remain with JDU and two will go to BJP. In such a situation, the question regarding the remaining seat is whether it will go to Chirag Paswan’s account or will it be given to Jitan Ram Manjhi?
Where did the controversy regarding a seat start?
In fact, Jitan Ram Manjhi said in his speech during a function in Gayaji last Sunday that we had asked for two seats in the Lok Sabha and got one seat, now we are not getting even a single seat in the Rajya Sabha. Two JDU and two BJP and one seat is going to LJP Ram Vilas. He told his son Santosh Suman to make up his mind on this, why will we not get it? If we don’t get it then we will break the alliance. After this statement of Manjhi, a controversy has come to light regarding a Rajya Sabha seat in NDA.
Understand what political experts say…
Dhirendra Kumar, who understands the politics of Bihar and is a political expert, says that Jitan Ram Manjhi is already doing politics of pressure. According to the current discussion, Chirag Paswan seems to have the upper hand. Talking about numbers, Chirag Paswan has 19 MLAs, Jitan Ram Manjhi has five MLAs. Manjhi is creating pressure so that if he does not get a Rajya Sabha seat, then he should get a seat in the Legislative Council. Dhirendra Kumar said that two seats will remain with BJP, in such a situation it is not necessary that BJP should keep both the seats with itself. Can give one seat to his colleague. Most of the discussion is about Chirag Paswan.
On the other hand, it was also said that it is not necessary that Nitin Nabin should get one of the two seats in Rajya Sabha, there is no such rule nor is there any pressure. When Nitin Gadkari became the national president, he was a member of the Legislative Council in Maharashtra. Despite being the National President, he remained a member of the Legislative Council. He did not resign. It is not mandatory for the National President to go to Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha. There is no problem if he is a member of any state.
What did LJP Ram Vilas say?
In this entire matter, LJP Ram Vilas spokesperson Dr. Vineet Singh said that our party works on the lines of ‘Bihar First, Bihari First’. The most important thing for us is how to solve the problems of the people of Bihar. As far as going to Rajya Sabha is concerned, there will be a meeting of NDA constituents and the decision taken will be accepted by our party.”
Manjhi’s party said- Our leader was right
Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party spokesperson Rajesh Ranjan said that what our leader Jitan Ram Manjhi has said is absolutely correct. We should get a seat in Rajya Sabha. It is true that we do not have the numbers, but there is an alliance with BJP, so BJP has to think how to give us a seat.
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