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Union Minister Chirag Paswan connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) thanked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and the BJP for “showing a large heart” successful accommodating smaller NDA partners, including his LJP (Ram Vilas), successful the seat-sharing statement for the Assembly elections.
Mr. Paswan met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has been camping successful Bihar since Thursday. He asserted that the NDA would execute "a historical victory" and mocked the absorption INDIA bloc for alleged interior conflicts.
“We were not warring for a peculiar fig of seats arsenic such. We lone wanted to contention from those places wherever we had a beardown presence. I americium thankful to the BJP and the JD(U). Both person shown a large bosom successful the NDA seat-sharing arrangement,” said the Hajipur MP, whose Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) got 29 seats, contempt not having a azygous MLA successful the outgoing Assembly.
Seat Allocation
Both the BJP and JD(U) person been allocated 101 seats each, portion the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) led by Upendra Kushwaha and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) led by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi person been allocated six seats each.
Mr. Paswan besides took a excavation astatine the INDIA bloc, known arsenic 'Mahagathbandhan' successful Bihar, claiming that "there is truthful overmuch infighting among the Opposition confederation partners".
"There is nary clarity connected whether Tejashwi Yadav is the look oregon not. Candidates of the RJD, Congress and the Left are going to combat against each other. The NDA, connected the different hand, is each acceptable for a historical triumph nether the enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," helium said.
The 243-member Bihar assembly volition spell to the polls successful 2 phases connected November 6 and 11.
The counting of votes volition instrumentality spot connected November 14.
