New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Union Minister and BJP leader Nityanand Rai on Thursday held seat-sharing talks with Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan for the Bihar assembly polls, and the two allies said that “everything is positive” between them.
The assertion came amid signals from the regional party that it is unhappy with the quota of seats on offer for it.
Rai emerged with Paswan from the latter’s residence to tell the waiting media that the “smile” on their faces tells the story.
“Everything is positive,” he said, adding that Paswan will share details in time.
Paswan, a cabinet minister in the Modi government, merely noted that Rai has spoken about things being positive and added that everything will be shared in detail later.
Rai later met Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is the BJP’s in-charge for Bihar assembly polls.
Sources said Bihar BJP leaders are likely to arrive in the national capital to decide on the party’s probable candidates before its Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting.
The CEC, which includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders, may meet in the next three to four days, a source said.
The two-phase elections to the 243-seat Bihar assembly are scheduled for November 6 and 11.
Rai is one of the senior BJP leaders who are holding parleys with allies.
Both Paswan and another Dalit BJP ally, Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, are driving a hard bargain in terms of not only the number of seats but also constituencies.
The LJP(RV) has called its senior Bihar leaders, including MPs, to Delhi to hold deliberations over the assembly elections.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) is the BJP’s biggest ally in Bihar.
Besides Paswan and Manjhi, former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha is the another member of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the state. PTI KR KR RUK RUK
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