There is a rift between both the NDA and India Block alliances in the election season of Bihar. As soon as the seat sharing formula came to light in NDA, the allies are angry and there is a tussle in the India Block too. NDA’s smaller allies Jitan Ram Manjhi and Upendra Kushwaha are not happy with the seat distribution. At the same time, Congress and Mukesh Sahni do not seem to agree on RJD’s formula.
BJP and JDU were dreaming of making a big splash with small parties in Bihar politics, but as soon as seat sharing took place in NDA, small parties have started showing their attitude. Manjhi and Kushwaha are unhappy with not getting the seats as per their wish, which they are also expressing publicly.
At the same time, the opposition India alliance is still unable to reach a consensus on seat sharing, due to which the issue of seat sharing is becoming complicated. Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav He has returned to Patna after coming to Delhi, but talks are not working out with Congress.
Ruckus broke out over seat sharing in NDA
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First talk about NDA. Nitish Kumar led NDA includes five constituent parties including JDU and BJP. Under seat sharing on Sunday, BJP and JDU agreed to contest elections equally on 101-101 seats, while the remaining 41 seats have been given to three smaller parties. In this, Chirag Paswan’s LJP (R) will get 29 seats, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM will get 6 seats and Upendra Kushwaha That RLM has got 6 seats.
Chirag Paswan is happy with getting 29 seats, but Kushwaha and Manjhi are not satisfied with six seats each, due to which they are also expressing their displeasure. Both Kushwaha and Manjhi are expressing disagreement over seat distribution to pacify their respective party workers and ticket hopefuls.
Manjhi-Kushwaha-Rajbhar angry
Upendra Kushwaha said that I apologize to all of you. The number of seats may not be as per your expectations. I understand that this decision will hurt the sentiments of thousands of people, including party workers, who aspired to be candidates. Perhaps food will not be cooked in many homes today. However, I hope you will understand my and the party’s limitations. Appealing to his workers, he said that they should keep their anger calm, time will tell whether the decision was right or wrong.
Hindustan Awam Morcha founder Jitan Ram Manjhi had demanded 15 seats, but he got six seats. In 2020, elections were contested on 7 seats and this time one seat has been reduced. Manjhi said that I accept the decision of the high command, but the move to give us less seats can harm the NDA. In this way he has expressed his displeasure.
Om Prakash Rajbhar, chief of BJP’s ally SubhaSP in UP, also wanted to contest elections under the NDA alliance in Bihar, but he could not get a seat in the seat distribution. Subhaspa had started its demand from 29 seats and later reduced it to five seats.
Party general secretary Arun Rajbhar said that we had met the BJP top leadership and they agreed to give us the seat. Keeping this in view, preparations for the elections were started, but we were not given any seat. If someone has arrogance and overconfidence to win the election, then they should show how they will win.
Tug of seat in Grand Alliance
The opposition grand alliance is making every possible effort to return to power, under which RJD has made an alliance with Congress, Left and Mukesh Sahni’s party. Grand alliance meetings have been going on for the last two months, but no agreement has been reached on seat sharing yet. The tussle between RJD and Congress has increased. If Tejashwi Yadav is adamant on his offer to Congress, then Congress also wants seats as per its choice.
According to sources, Tejashwi Yadav clearly told the Congress leaders that the alliance cannot move forward in the current situation. After this, Tejashwi Yadav left the meeting saying ‘we will see and answer’. Tejashwi returned to Patna without meeting Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.
RJD is ready to fulfill Congress’s demand of 61 seats, but it has demands for some seats which Lalu is not ready to give.
Things are not working out even between Sahni and Left.
Leader of opposition in Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav also seems to be cautious about the activities of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and Mukesh Sahni. If RJD sources are to be believed, Tejashwi feels that Mukesh Sahni is not trustworthy and is demanding more.
Tejashwi is said to be angry with the VIP chief. The reason behind this is being said to be that they have already given party symbols to RJD’s 10 strong seats, which is creating confusion. There was also discussion that Sahni was lobbying with BJP.
The left parties included in the grand alliance are also in a dilemma. This time the Left and the Male are demanding more seats than the last election, due to which the issue of seat sharing has become complicated. There are four days left for the first phase of nominations to be completed, but no consensus is being reached on seat distribution. In this way, how will the Grand Alliance succeed in Bihar elections?
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