Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda met LJP President Chirag Paswan on Thursday to try to resolve the issue of seat-sharing between the NDA constituents given the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
The top BJP leaders, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and President JP Nadda, on Thursday, met Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Chirag Paswan for seats between the constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) given the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections Tried to solve the matter of partition.
According to LJP sources, Paswan informed the party's complaints about Nitish, the Chief Minister of Bihar, and the president of the Janata Dal (United), the principal constituent of the NDA. During this, he also told BJP leaders about the pressure inside the party to contest elections for 143 seats.
An LJP leader said, "There has been no decision on the seat-sharing in the meeting." The leader said that in the meeting, Shah made it clear that BJP has no differences with LJP. Shah first arrived at Nadda's residence. Later Chirag Paswan also joined it.
Elections in Bihar are set to take place from October 28-November 7. The polls to elect a new 243-member assembly will be held in 3 phases, keeping in mind the Covid-19 guidelines and social distancing norms.
Preparations for the polls are going on in full swing. The direct contest is believed to be between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Grand Alliance.
In Bihar, the NDA is headed by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. The grand alliance is being led by Lalu Yadav's son and former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav. However, many small parties are also ready to display their strength in Bihar elections. Five such parties have registered their strong presence in the politics of Bihar. These parties can change the direction of politics.