Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has offered 5 seats including Hajipur to Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas chief Chirag Paswan in Bihar and no seat was given to his uncle Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) leader Pashupati Kumar Paras, said the sources on Wednesday.
The development comes hours after Chirag met BJP chief JP Nadda in New Delhi announcing that the seat-sharing deal has been finalised and the figure will be announced very soon.
"As a member of the NDA, today in a meeting with BJP National President Hon Shri @jpnadda ji, we have together finalised the seat sharing in Bihar for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. The same will be announced in due course," Paswan posted on X.
On meeting Nadda, Paswan said "I want to thank PM Modi for always protecting me in the alliance. He has always treated Ram Vilas Paswan as his friend. Today, again we have strengthened our old alliance-NDA. Today, after the seat sharing has been done for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, I want to thank BJP national president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In the coming few days, LJP will fight the elections with the intention that all the 40 seats in Bihar should be won by the NDA alliance and achieve the target of 400 seats in the country."
Every party wants him to be on its side: Paswan
Earlier on Sunday, to strengthen his position in seat-sharing negotiation, Paswan made a cryptic statement saying every party wants him to be on its side.
Paswan, an NDA ally, has been getting feelers from the ‘Mahagathbandhan’, the opposition coalition in Bihar.
Addressing a rally in the Sahebganj assembly segment, Chirag dropped ample hints that he was weighing his options and could tilt towards the side with a better bargain.
