The ruling National Democratic Alliance braved ally troubles on Wednesday with the Hindustani Awam Morcha and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) both flexing muscles and demanding a “fair share” of seats to contest the November Bihar poll.

HAM president Jitan Ram Manjhi, Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Bihar, put on the table a wish list of 15 segments as against seven given to his party in 2020.

In the last poll, the HAM had won four of the seven seats it fought.

LJP chief and Union Cabinet Minister Chirag Paswan has been sticking to his demand for 40 seats, with the BJP willing to give 25.

Chirag had gone solo in the 2020 Assembly elections, contesting 135 seats and denting NDA’s partner JD(U) in many segments.

While Manjhi today quoted national poet Ramdhari Singh Dink

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