Patna (Bihar): The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of Janta Dal United (JDU) and the Bhartiya Janta Party have reached the agreement of seat-sharing with the even-split days before the October-November elections and announcement will be soon declared, sources told on Saturday.
Janta Dal United (JDU) will get 122 out of 243 seats while the Bhartiya Janta Party will be having 121, according to the made arrangements, sources said. While within its quota, JDU will accommodate Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustan Awam Morcha and BJP will give its seat to Lok Janshakti Party of Ram Vilas Paswan, if they will remain in the alliance, the sources said.
The ruling alliance of Bihar has faced troubles of feud between Nitish Kumar and Chirag Paswan who gave an ultimatum for the announcement of seats.
The voting dates of Bihar are on October 28, November 3, and November 7 for the new formation of government. The results will be announced on November 10. It will be a great challenge for the country’s biggest election held in the crisis of Corona Virus that includes an extra voting hour with no physical contact in the campaign.
The agreement from the ruling side came after the filling of the nominations of the first phase on Thursday. The last date is October 8, to fill the nominations. Out of 243 constituencies, 71 will have voting in the first phase i.e. on October 28.
Nitish Kumar hopes win the consecutive fourth term with the opposition Rashtriya Janta Dal of former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and now led by his son Tejaswi Yadav along with the Congress.
The opposition announces its seat on Saturday and is planning to target the ruling coalition over the handling of the pandemic coronavirus and the migrants during the unplanned lockdown, behind having floods in the state. The Central’s Farm Bill passed in the parliament despite of the protest of oppositions have also armed Tejaswi Yadav to campaign and pitching the central calling “anti-farmer” government.
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