The Asian Age

Seat- sharing will be done soon after receipt of BJP proposal, says Nitish

- NAYEAR AZAD

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the decision on seat sharing among all constituen­ts of NDA for 2019 general elections is likely to get resolved within a month.

“We have not yet received any proposal on the issue of seat sharing till now but hope that all this will get resolved within a month”, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and BJP President Amit Shah had met over breakfast and dinner last week to discuss the current political scenario. It was being speculated in the political circle that both the leaders would talk and resolve the issue of seat sharing during their closed- door meeting last week.

However, on Monday, Mr Kumar clarified that the issue has not been resolved and a proposal on the issue is likely to be sent to all NDA constituen­t within a month.

This was Nitish Kumar’s first reaction after holding talks with Amit Shah last week. He also declined to divulge much about his meeting but said, “It was natural for both the leaders to meet and talk as our parties are running the government in Bihar. It will not be proper to speak about our meeting”.

Sources said that BJP is currently busy figuring out a formula to appease all NDA constituen­ts. According to reports, the JD ( U) is likely to get an offer to contest on 12 seats while the BJP may send a proposal of two seats to Upendra Kushwaha led RLSP who had contested and won three seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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— PTI Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje interacts with children as she inaugurate­s ‘ Bhamashah Dudh Yojana’ at an anganwadi centre in Dungarpur on Monday.
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