Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday clarified that the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming elections will be announced jointly by the leaders of the five parties in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Ahead of the National Democratic Alliance meeting to be held on Saturday for the upcoming Bihar elections, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi reaffirmed the party's commitment and said that they were disciplined and would continue to remain so.
Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal said on Saturday that the Central leadership of the party will "sit together" and announce the "final seat" allocation for the two-phase Bihar assembly polls.
"Our national president has said that they are continuously discussing, and all our MPs and office-bearers have authorised our national president, and whatever decision they take will be final. Since there are elections, such meetings continue to occur during the election period. We have
This upcoming electoral contest will be between the NDA, led by the BJP, and Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), and the INDIA bloc, led by Tejashwi Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
BJP leaders arrived in Delhi on Friday ahead of the party's core committee meeting on Saturday, where they will finalise and discuss candidates for the upcoming two-phase Bihar Assembly elections, scheduled for November 6 and 11, with vote counting set for November 14.
Kumar said that all five parties in the NDA share a unified commitment to bring back Nitish Kumar as Bihar's Chief Minister in 2025. He further stated that no dissatisfaction exists among the alliance members regarding the seat-sharing arrangement, which will be finalised soon.
The BJP leader pointed out the hypocrisy of the party which presided over the "jungle raaj" period in the state, and reaffirmed that it is the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) which has brought the state to the path of development.
As Bharatiya Janata Dal (BJP) MP Nityanand Rai and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan are engaged in extensive talks over seat-sharing for Bihar Assembly elections, Paswan on Friday suggested that talks are moving forward in a "positive manner"
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to hold a meeting of its Central Election Committee (CEC) on October 12 at 6:30 PM at the party headquarters in New Delhi.