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No announcement was forthcoming on the National Democratic Alliance’s seat-sharing settlement for the Bihar Assembly polls regardless of a 50-minute-long meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J.P. Nadda and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan. But with time working out, a tentative date for a meeting of the BJP’s central election committee has been fastened for October 4. The seat-sharing settlement will, in all chance, be settled earlier than that date.
Mr. Paswan met Mr. Shah and Mr. Nadda on the latter’s residence in New Delhi, at the same time as the opposite companion within the alliance, the Janata Dal (United) made it clear that it was the BJP’s job to kind out the seat-sharing association with the LJP.
The LJP has been demanding no less than 36-40 seats contemplating that it received six Lok Sabha seats within the 2019 elections. Mr. Paswan has stated that he has no points with the BJP however doesn’t help the candidature of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar because the face of the NDA within the State. He has stated that he was additionally considering placing up 143 candidates from his get together, however solely in seats the place the JD(U) was combating.
BJP sources stated that a lot of the speak was for positioning and the political house that Mr. Paswan feels his get together ought to occupy. Mr. Shah and Mr. Nadda shall be meeting Mr. Paswan once more quickly as Thursday’s meeting remained inconclusive. “Chirag Paswan spoke his heart out and Amit bhai and Naddaji heard him patiently. We hope for an announcement very soon,” stated a supply.
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