New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday announced its seat-sharing formula for the Bihar assembly elections, sending out the message that neither the JD(U) nor the BJP will act as the “big brother”, with both parties contesting an equal number of seats.

The two main constituents of the ruling bloc will contest 101 seats each, while Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas), which sources said had been demanding 40 seats, will contest on 29. Two other NDA allies—the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM)—will contest six each.

The NDA’s formula for contesting the polls to the 243-seat assembly was announced by Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan after days of negotiations among parties in Delhi. Show Full Article

“We, the NDA allies, have completed

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