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Two days aft the ruling National Democratic Alliance declared its seat-sharing arrangement, cracks person begun to amusement wrong the Janata Dal (United) party. On Tuesday (October 14, 2025), party MP Ajay Kumar Mandal offered to resign, alleging that enactment enactment had denied him entree to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. In different incident, MLA Gopal Mandal, different enactment leader, staged a sit-in protestation extracurricular the Chief Minister’s residence, citing akin grievances.
Besides, astatine slightest 3 enactment leaders filed nominations adjacent earlier the JD(U) formally released its database of candidates.
According to sources, the determination to spot JD(U) astatine par with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had truthful acold been a inferior spouse successful the alliance, has not gone down good with a conception of the party. JD(U) enactment is besides unhappy with the BJP’s determination to springiness 29 seats to Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).
In the 2020 Assembly election, Mr. Paswan, past heading a agreed LJP, had tally a run against Mr. Nitish Kumar and fielded candidates against the JD(U), reducing the enactment to 43 seats.
Ajay Kumar Mandal, Lok Sabha subordinate from Bhagalpur, posted a two-page missive connected societal media, blaming the enactment enactment for not consulting him connected campaigner enactment for the Assembly constituencies coming nether his Lok Sabha constituency. He besides complained that helium was not allowed to conscionable Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“If outsiders oregon inactive individuals proceed to beryllium prioritised, the party’s roots volition weaken and this volition straight interaction the enactment of the Chief Minister, which is simply a substance of interest for each of us,” Mr. Ajay Mandal wrote to the Chief Minister, seeking his support to resign from Lok Sabha.
Meanwhile, Gopal Mandal alias Narendra Kumar Niraj, JD(U) MLA from Gopalpur successful Bhagalpur district, sat connected dharna (sit-in) extracurricular the Chief Minister’s authoritative residence — 1, Anne Marg, Patna — amid speculation that helium was denied ticket. Mr. Gopal Mandal, who often hitting headlines for incorrect reasons and his arguable remarks, has been a staunch protagonist of Mr. Nitish Kumar.
Additionally, astatine slightest 3 JD(U) leaders filed their information papers up of the enactment issuing the database of candidates. JD(U) authorities president Umesh Kushwaha filed his papers from Mahnar constituency successful Vaishali district, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, a multi-term legislator and Cabinet minister, from Supaul, and erstwhile enactment MLA and section strongman Anant Singh from Mokama.
However, JD(U) moving president Sanjay Jha maintained that “all is well” wrong the NDA. “Someone is plotting against america spreading specified rumours… Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is blessed (over spot distribution) and helium is personally successful interaction with apical NDA leaders,” helium said. Mr Jha besides affirmed that the campaigner database of NDA parties volition beryllium released by Tuesday evening.
