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A 50-50 Match: BJP, JD(U) To Contest Equal Number Of Seats In Bihar In 2019
PM Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
In a move that came off to be surprising, BJP and the JD(U) on Friday announced that both parties will contest equal number of seats in Bihar in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
BJP chief Amit Shah and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar addressed the media together post their meeting, where they announced their new found partnership.
NDA partners in Bihar include, CM Nitish Kumar-led JD(U), BJP, LJP and RLSP who run 40 Lok Sabha seats.
"It has been decided that BJP and JDU will fight on equal number of seats for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Bihar. Other allies will also get a respectable seat share," said BJP president Amit Shah after the meeting, reported TOI.
Further, the BJP chief added, “Upendra Kushwaha and Ram Vilas Paswan will remain with us. When a new ally has joined us, there will be a reduction in seat share for everyone."
JD(U) contested the 2015 assembly elections with the famous Mahagathbandhan, which included JD(U), RJD and Congress and fought the Lok Sabha elections with the Left parties.
The BJP-LJP-RLSP combine had won 31 Lok Sabha seats in 2014, while the JD(U) could manage to win only Nalanda and Purnia seats.
The rest seven seats were won by RJD (4), Congress (2) and NCP (1).
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