BJP-JDU to contest on equal Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, RLSP-LJP have no clue

The BJP and the JD(U) will contest equal number of seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, said BJP president Amit Shah on Friday.

Other NDA allies, including the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) will get due representation in the seat sharing formula, Shah said.

Addressing reporters along with Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, he said the number of seats each ally will get will be announced in the next three-four days.

Lok Janshakti Party Chief Ram Vilas Paswan and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) leader Upendra Khushwaha are firmly with the NDA and their parties will get due representation in seat sharing, the BJP chief, however said.

“BJP is busy with the assembly elections…how can somebody claim that the seat-sharing has been announced? There are some people within the NDA fold who do not want to see Modi becoming the prime minister again. They are spreading lies through the media,” he added.

BJP sources had claimed that under a deal made in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Party Chief Amit Shah and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the BJP was to get 17 of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.

16 seats were earmarked for Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan was to get six seats and Upendra Kushwaha two seats.

It’s important Important to mention here that in Patna, Chirag Paswan’s uncle Kumar Paras had recently said that they expected more seats than last time. In 2014, the party had contested on seven seats, but the BJP’s latest informal formula gives it only six seats.