Bjp Seat-sharing In Bihar

The NDA formally announced its seat-share formula in Bihar this evening, which placed the BJP firmly as the 'big brother' in the state with 17 seats to contest.

The BJP and the Lok Janshakti Party have agreed a seat-share deal for the Lok Sabha election in Bihar, LJP boss Chirag Paswan said Wednesday evening.

As the seat-sharing tussle within the NDA over Bihar continues, the INDIA alliance has offered eight Lok Sabha seats in the state and two in Uttar Pradesh to Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan, sources have told NDTV.

Making an indirect attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the seat distribution within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the recently concluded assembly elections should have been done five months prior to the poll, adding further that the Janata Dal (United) had to pay a price s...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) and the BJP have reached a seat-sharing agreement in principle - with an almost even split - days before the October-November state election and the announcement is expected soon, sources told NDTV on Saturday.

Top BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda, held a meeting with Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan on Thursday to thrash out a seat-sharing arrangement with allies for the Bihar assembly polls.

Top BJP leaders, who are in Bihar today, met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the party begins preparations for their joint fight in the assembly elections later this year.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's close aide RCP Singh is set to be the Janata Dal United nominee in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government. RCP Singh is one of the most powerful leaders in Bihar's ruling party and was its main voice in tense talks over seat-sharing with the BJP before the national election.

Hours after Union Minister Giriraj Singh protested against Nawada constituency being taken away from him as part of the BJP's seat-sharing agreement with allies in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan today said that his party will try to resolve any grievance caused by the political move.

The BJP has decided that all Union Ministers from Bihar - barring Giriraj Singh - will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from their old constituencies, sources said. This time, Mr Singh will stand from Begusarai instead of Nawada, which has gone to the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) as part of the seat-sharing arrangement in the state, they added...

After RLSP's (Rashtriya Lok Samta Party) exit from the BJP-led NDA and the ruling party at the centre agreeing to contest an equal number of Lok Sabha seats in Bihar as its ally JD(U), the opposition is dubbing the developments as the BJP's struggle for survival.

Ram Vilas Paswan, who shared dais on Sunday with BJP chief Amit Shah and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the announcement on seat sharing, had one absent leader to thank on his list: Union finance minister and senior party leader Arun Jaitley, who had been part of the hour-long meeting in Delhi last week to address Mr Paswan's concern.

The BJP has finalised a seat-sharing arrangement with its Bihar ally Lok Janshakti Party with the latter expected to contest five Lok Sabha seats in the state and its president Ram Vilas Paswan likely to be given a seat in the Rajya Sabha, top sources said on Friday.

Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan today met Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley amid indications that the two parties may soon arrive at a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar for the Lok Sabha polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bihar ally Upendra Kushwaha quit as union minister today in a move that had been anticipated for months because of his growing resentment over seat sharing for the 2019 general election. Mr Kushwaha announced the decision after meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi this morning.

The NDA formally announced its seat-share formula in Bihar this evening, which placed the BJP firmly as the 'big brother' in the state with 17 seats to contest.

The BJP and the Lok Janshakti Party have agreed a seat-share deal for the Lok Sabha election in Bihar, LJP boss Chirag Paswan said Wednesday evening.

As the seat-sharing tussle within the NDA over Bihar continues, the INDIA alliance has offered eight Lok Sabha seats in the state and two in Uttar Pradesh to Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan, sources have told NDTV.

Making an indirect attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the seat distribution within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the recently concluded assembly elections should have been done five months prior to the poll, adding further that the Janata Dal (United) had to pay a price s...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) and the BJP have reached a seat-sharing agreement in principle - with an almost even split - days before the October-November state election and the announcement is expected soon, sources told NDTV on Saturday.

Top BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda, held a meeting with Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan on Thursday to thrash out a seat-sharing arrangement with allies for the Bihar assembly polls.

Top BJP leaders, who are in Bihar today, met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the party begins preparations for their joint fight in the assembly elections later this year.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's close aide RCP Singh is set to be the Janata Dal United nominee in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government. RCP Singh is one of the most powerful leaders in Bihar's ruling party and was its main voice in tense talks over seat-sharing with the BJP before the national election.

Hours after Union Minister Giriraj Singh protested against Nawada constituency being taken away from him as part of the BJP's seat-sharing agreement with allies in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan today said that his party will try to resolve any grievance caused by the political move.

The BJP has decided that all Union Ministers from Bihar - barring Giriraj Singh - will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from their old constituencies, sources said. This time, Mr Singh will stand from Begusarai instead of Nawada, which has gone to the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) as part of the seat-sharing arrangement in the state, they added...

After RLSP's (Rashtriya Lok Samta Party) exit from the BJP-led NDA and the ruling party at the centre agreeing to contest an equal number of Lok Sabha seats in Bihar as its ally JD(U), the opposition is dubbing the developments as the BJP's struggle for survival.

Ram Vilas Paswan, who shared dais on Sunday with BJP chief Amit Shah and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the announcement on seat sharing, had one absent leader to thank on his list: Union finance minister and senior party leader Arun Jaitley, who had been part of the hour-long meeting in Delhi last week to address Mr Paswan's concern.

The BJP has finalised a seat-sharing arrangement with its Bihar ally Lok Janshakti Party with the latter expected to contest five Lok Sabha seats in the state and its president Ram Vilas Paswan likely to be given a seat in the Rajya Sabha, top sources said on Friday.

Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan today met Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley amid indications that the two parties may soon arrive at a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar for the Lok Sabha polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bihar ally Upendra Kushwaha quit as union minister today in a move that had been anticipated for months because of his growing resentment over seat sharing for the 2019 general election. Mr Kushwaha announced the decision after meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi this morning.