Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal (fourth from left) with BJP in-charges for Bihar polls Dharmendra Pradhan and K.P. Maurya, among others in Patna. File
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Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday (October 11, 2025) said that the central leadership of the party will make important announcements regarding seat sharing with NDA constituents and tickets for the upcoming Assembly polls on Sunday (October 12, 2025).
Addressing a press conference in Patna, the senior BJP leader dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in the State.
“Everything is fine in the NDA… seat-sharing arrangements and the list of candidates will soon be decided by the party’s central leadership, which will make important announcements related to seat sharing and tickets at 11 a.m. on Sunday (October 12),” Jaiswal said in a press conference.
Earlier in the day, NDA constituent Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha also dismissed the speculations about discontent and said that talks for seat sharing have not yet concluded.
The former Union minister, in an X post, said, “Don’t pay attention to rumours floating around. The talks are not yet concluded. Wait…! I don’t know how the news is being circulated in the media. If someone is planting news, it’s deceit, it’s betrayal.”
nion minister Jitan Ram Manjhi had earlier said that he was “requesting and not making a claim” that his Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) be given a respectable number of seats, otherwise the party might not contest the election.
Another Union minister, Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), which had earlier settled for around 20-22 seats, is now reportedly asking for at least 25 more.
Assembly elections in the State will be held on November 6 and 11, while votes will be counted on November 14.
“It will be a humiliation for me and my party if we are not given at least 15 seats in the coming assembly polls. If we get 15, we can easily win at least 8-9 seats and will become a recognised party,” Manjhi had said.
Even after 10 years of establishment, HAM remains an unrecognised party. “I have been helping the NDA for a long time. So, I am requesting the NDA leaders and not making a claim. My party would prefer not to contest the polls, if we don’t get a respectable number of seats.
“But I must make it clear that even if we don’t contest polls, our party will keep working for the NDA partners in the coming polls,” Manjhi said.
According to sources in the NDA, the bigger allies JD(U) and the BJP are likely to contest 102 and 101 seats, respectively. Senior leaders in the LJP (RV) are of the opinion that the party should get at least 45 seats, said a party leader on the condition of anonymity.
Published – October 11, 2025 04:29 pm IST
