Before the assembly elections in Bihar, the stir regarding seat sharing within the NDA has intensified. A meeting of leaders of JDU, HAM, RLSP and LJPR was held at the residence of BJP President JP Nadda in Delhi, in which seat sharing was discussed. According to sources, a consensus has not yet been reached regarding seats in this meeting. It is being told that JDU and Manjhi’s party are not able to agree on the seats demanded by Chirag. It is being told that JDU leaders have cleared the BJP high command that only they should deal with Chirag, JDU will not deal with him.

JDU is not ready to give its seats to Mehnar, Matihani and Chakai Chirag. Mahnar is the seat of JDU state president Umesh Kushwaha, while Chirag’s party had won in Matihani 2020, but now the MLA has joined JDU. Chakai has independent MLA Sumit Singh, who has the support of JDU.

BJP is not ready to give its Govindganj seat to Chirag. At the same time, Manjhi’s party is not ready to give its Sikandra seat to Chirag. According to sources, Chirag is claiming those seats where his candidates can win, due to which this matter of seats is stuck in NDA. BJP has asked JDU to deal with Chirag itself.

What did RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha say?

RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha has clarified that the claim being made in media reports that a final agreement has been reached on seat sharing within the NDA and some seats are being given to his party is wrong. Upendra Kushwaha said that the talks have not been completely concluded yet and it is continuing. Based on further information given by the BJP leadership, his team is going to Delhi, where talks will be held.

He also said that his party will not publicly reveal how many seats it wants. If necessary, a detailed discussion will be held with the concerned parties.

This decision was taken in LJP meeting

According to sources, the Parliamentary Board has given LJP President Chirag Paswan the authority to take the final decision on seat sharing for the NDA alliance. Currently, discussions are going on on 5-6 seats, which are such where allies also want to field their candidates. At present, there is no possibility of alliance breaking or doubt arising during talks on this issue.

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Talks could not be reached in the grand alliance, Lalu Yadav is not ready to give more than 50 seats to Congress; Akhilesh will find out the formula!

Before the Bihar Assembly elections, a big deadlock has arisen regarding the distribution of seats of the Grand Alliance. According to sources, Lalu Prasad Yadav is not ready to give more than 50 seats to Congress, whereas Congress wants to keep its hold on some important seats strong. Meanwhile, the party has activated former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh, who is in touch with Lalu Prasad Yadav to resolve the matter.

According to sources, Akhilesh Singh had met Lalu last evening and he will meet him today also to discuss the issue. It is believed that Akhilesh Singh will try to find a solution to the seat formula for the grand alliance. According to sources, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav may go to Delhi late today evening. He is likely to meet Rahul Gandhi. In this meeting, the upcoming election strategy of the Grand Alliance and issues of seat sharing are likely to be discussed.

Previous record of seat sharing in Grand Alliance

The 2020 assembly elections were contested by the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) along with RJD and Congress. At that time RJD was given 144 seats, Congress 70 seats, CPI-ML 19, CPI 6 and CPM 4 seats.

Then Mukesh Sahni came out of the press conference on the day of announcement of seat sharing of the alliance and joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had given him 11 seats of its quota.

Now Mukesh Sahni has been involved in the Grand Alliance for a long time. Apart from this, Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Pashupati Paras’ Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) are also ready to join the alliance if they get seats.

What is the mathematics of seats?

According to RJD’s formula, the party will contest elections on 138 seats this time, which is 6 seats less than in 2020. Congress will have to reduce its share from 70 to 57 seats. CPI-ML will also have to be satisfied with 18 seats instead of 19.

Mukesh Sahni has been proposed to contest 16 seats. CPI and CPM can be given 6 and 4 seats respectively as before. Out of the remaining 4 seats, 2 seats each are likely to be given to JMM and RLJP.

There is also a discussion that Lalu Yadav has asked Pashupati Paras to merge his party with RJD to include him in the alliance. Paras is worried about his son contesting the elections, where currently RJD’s Ramvriksh Sada is the MLA.

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