The NDA announced its seat-sharing formula for next month's Assembly polls, with the BJP and Janata Dal (United) to contest 101 seats each in the 243-member Assembly, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday. As part of the deal, Union Minister Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will fight on 29 seats while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest six seats each.

Pradhan, who is the Bihar election in-charge and played a role in delivering a third consecutive win for the BJP in Haryana last year, said the NDA allies in Bihar welcomed the seat allocation and that talks were held in a cordial atmosphere.

"The NDA allies have completed the distribution of seats in a cordial atmosphere. All workers and leaders of NDA parties warmly

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