Lok Sabha: BJP seals seat-sharing deal with JDU and LJP in Bihar

The Bharatiya Janata Party on 18th March announced that it has finalised the seat-sharing deal in Bihar with Nitish Kumar's JDU and Chira Paswan's LJP.

BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde said that BJP will contest in 17 seats, JDU will contest in 16 seats, and Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party will contest in five seats.

Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustan Awam Morcha and Upendra Kushwaha's RLM have been given one seat each.

"The BJP will contest 17 out of the total 40 seats and the JD(U) will contest 16. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest five seats," Tawde said at the presser jointly addressed by NDA allies from the state.

Bihar LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Raju Tiwari said Chirag Paswan will contest from the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat, which has been given to the party under the seat-sharing pact.

With Union minister Pashupati Paras's LJP faction finding no mention in the seat-sharing deal, Bihar BJP chief Samrat Choudhary said that talks are going on with him.

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