BJP rejects equal seat sharing with JD(U) in Bihar council poll seats
The Hindu
The ruling NDA’s other alliance partners also have demands; the Opposition Congress is waiting to hear from its high command
The ruling Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) demand for a 50-50 seat sharing split in the upcoming State Legislative Council poll to 24 seats was rejected by its alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday. The BJP said the demand, made by the JD(U)’s parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha, had “no significance”.
“Even in the last State Assembly poll and Parliament elections, the seat distribution between both alliance parties [the JD-U and the BJP] was more or less on a 50-50 formula. So, in the upcoming council poll too, this formula of equal number of seats should be applied,” Mr. Kushwaha had said.
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