Shah was addressing a meeting of BJP's booth-level workers in Kanpur today ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
According to media reports, Congress is seeking to contest 16 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and has conveyed to the RJD that it would not settle for less than 12 seats.
Jayant Chaudhary today met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow to discuss seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Kumar had quit the alliance, comprising the JD(U), the RJD and the Congress, in July 2017 after the CBI lodged an FIR against Yadav on corruption charges and the following strife between him and the RJD.
Out of the 80 seats in the state, BSP and SP will contest on 38 each, two seats will go to smaller allies, while Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, will go uncontested by the alliance.
Facing flak, the CBI came out with details about the mining case in Uttar Pradesh with its officials claiming that the office of Yadav when he was the chief minister had cleared 13 projects in one single day.
As per the deal, the two Uttar Pradesh-based political outfits will contest 37 Lok Sabha seats each.
While Akhilesh's statement hinted at his lack of interest in any future alliances with Congress, he also openly expressed support for federal front proposed by Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and even went on to congratulate him for his efforts.
The prime minister was addressing booth workers from Chennai Central, Chennai North, Madurai, Tiruchirappally and Tiruvallur constituencies in Tamil Nadu through video conference.
LJP leader and Ram Vilas Paswan's son Chirag had asked the BJP to resolve seat sharing issues for next year's general elections 'before it was too late'.
The Trinamool Congress chief said that the issue of prime ministerial candidate could be discussed after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which are due in April-May.
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