New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) convened a high-stakes meeting in Delhi as it raced against time to finalise seat-sharing arrangements ahead of the Bihar assembly polls. Nominations for the first phase of the polls started on Saturday.

Key figures of the BJP, along with senior leaders of allied parties like LJP (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), and RLM, attended to hammer out the division of constituencies.

The meeting was marked by tension and competing demands. HAM leader Jitan Ram Manjhi reportedly expressed dissatisfaction with the proposed allocation, feeling the offer of 7–8 seats fell short of his expectation of 15. Simultaneously, Chirag Paswan of LJP (RV) insisted on a greater share. While he initially demanded 40 seats, he later bought down his demand

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