Bihar Assembly Elections Live Updates | ‘Talks not yet concluded’: Upendra Kushwaha on seat-sharing in NDA for Bihar polls
Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha on Saturday dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in Bihar over seat sharing for the upcoming assembly polls and said that talks have not yet concluded, news agency PTI reported.
Over a post on X, the former Union Minister said, “Don’t pay attention to rumours floating around. The talks are not yet concluded. Wait…! I don’t know how the news is being circulated in the media. If someone is planting news, it’s deceit, it’s betrayal.”
Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi had earlier said that he was “requesting and not making a claim” that his Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) be given a respectable number of seats, otherwise the party might not contest the election.
“It will be a humiliation for me and my party if we are not given at least 15 seats in the coming assembly polls. If we get 15, we can easily win at least 8-9 seats and will become a recognised party,” Manjhi had said.
“I have been helping the NDA for a long time. So, I am requesting the NDA leaders and not making a claim. My party would prefer not to contest the polls, if we don’t get a respectable number of seats. But I must make it clear that even if we don’t contest polls, our party will keep working for the NDA partners in the coming polls,” Manjhi said. (PTI)
