Patna (Bihar): BJP's Bihar election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and other party leaders including State Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi and Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Saturday held a meeting with Janata Dal (United) leaders here.
BJP and JDU have not announced the seat-sharing agreement for the Bihar Assembly polls yet.
On October 2, Fadnavis attended a meeting of top BJP at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's residence in New Delhi over the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) alliance's situation for Bihar Assembly polls.
Bihar assembly elections will be held in three phases -- October 28, November 3, and 7 and the counting of votes will take place on November 10.
Earlier, on October 1st Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Chirag Paswan met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda to discuss the seat-sharing talks ahead of the Bihar elections.
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In the 50-minute-long meeting at Nadda's residence, the leaders discussed the existing political scenario in Bihar.
According to sources, BJP has offered 27 Vidhan Sabha seats and 2 MLC seats to LJP. But Paswan, who is in a mood to test electoral waters, wants to contest on 43 seats. Chirag, who identifies himself with slogan 'Bihar First Bihari First', wants to include his vision in the NDA's election manifesto as well.
Paswan, who has been at loggerheads with JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar over various developmental issues has also toughened his stand over the seat-sharing and is gearing up to contest on 143 seats if the party does not get a 'respectable' seats in the elections.
With inputs from ANI
