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Congress rejects RJD's seat-sharing formula in Bihar: Party 'confident' of winning in at least 20 seats in Assembly elections
Fp Staff •The Congress on Friday opposed the seat-sharing formula of the grand alliance in Bihar, saying that the party was confident of a win in at least 20 out of 40 seats in the Assembly.
Bihar seat-sharing: BJP, JD(U) to contest 17 Lok Sabha seats, LJP six; Ram Vilas Paswan NDA's Rajya Sabha candidate
Fp Staff •The discussions between the BJP-led NDA constituents in Bihar for seat-sharing for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections have been keenly watched as they come in the backdrop of recent troubles in the alliance.
Daily Bulletin: Women to try Sabarimala entry; 43 die in Indonesia tsunami; Bihar seat-sharing decision likely today; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Daily bulletin: Women from a Chennai-based organisation to make an attempt to enter Sabarimala today; NDA to announce seat sharing in Bihar during a joint press conference; day's top stories
Blow to BJP in Bihar: Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP rejects Amit Shah's 20:20 seat-sharing formula for Lok Sabha polls
Fp Staff •Only days earlier, the RLSP had blamed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) for creating "confusion" over seat-sharing with the BJP within the ruling coalition.
New big brother: BJP played its cards well by giving Jitan Manjhi 20 seats in Bihar polls
Sanjay •The BJP, which so far played second fiddle in Bihar politics, had assumed a new big brother role – the party will contest 160 seats, a number the BJP leaders had been quoting for long. Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP will contest on 40 seats, Upendra kushwaha’s LJSP will contest on 23 and Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM will fight on 20 seats (another few HAM leaders will get to fight on BJP symbol).