<p>Patna: Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday said that the central leadership of the party will make important announcements regarding seat sharing with NDA constituents and tickets for the upcoming assembly polls on Sunday.</p>.<p>Addressing a press conference here, the senior BJP leader dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in the state.</p>.Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 | Folk singers eyeing tickets from all parties in assembly polls.<p>"Everything is fine in the NDA... seat-sharing arrangements and the list of candidates will soon be decided by the party's central leadership, which will make important announcements related to seat sharing and tickets at 11 am on Sunday," Jaiswal said in a press conference here.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, NDA constituent Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha also dismissed the speculations about discontent and said that talks for seat sharing have not yet concluded.</p>.<p>The former Union minister, in an X post, 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.</p>.<p>Another Union minister, Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), which had earlier settled for around 20-22 seats, is now reportedly asking for at least 25 more.</p>.<p>Assembly elections in the state will be held on November 6 and 11, while votes will be counted on November 14.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>Even after 10 years of establishment, HAM remains an unrecognised party.</p>.Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 | Samrat Choudhary: A political career mired in controversies.<p>"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."</p>.<p>“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.</p>.<p>According to sources in the NDA, the bigger allies JD(U) and the BJP are likely to contest 102 and 101 seats, respectively.</p>.<p>LJP (Ram Vilas), which had earlier settled for around 20-22 seats, is now asking for at least 25 more. Senior leaders in the LJP (RV) are of the opinion that the party should get at least 45 seats, said a party leader on the condition of anonymity.</p>
<p>Patna: Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday said that the central leadership of the party will make important announcements regarding seat sharing with NDA constituents and tickets for the upcoming assembly polls on Sunday.</p>.<p>Addressing a press conference here, the senior BJP leader dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in the state.</p>.Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 | Folk singers eyeing tickets from all parties in assembly polls.<p>"Everything is fine in the NDA... seat-sharing arrangements and the list of candidates will soon be decided by the party's central leadership, which will make important announcements related to seat sharing and tickets at 11 am on Sunday," Jaiswal said in a press conference here.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, NDA constituent Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha also dismissed the speculations about discontent and said that talks for seat sharing have not yet concluded.</p>.<p>The former Union minister, in an X post, 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.</p>.<p>Another Union minister, Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), which had earlier settled for around 20-22 seats, is now reportedly asking for at least 25 more.</p>.<p>Assembly elections in the state will be held on November 6 and 11, while votes will be counted on November 14.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p>Even after 10 years of establishment, HAM remains an unrecognised party.</p>.Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 | Samrat Choudhary: A political career mired in controversies.<p>"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."</p>.<p>“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.</p>.<p>According to sources in the NDA, the bigger allies JD(U) and the BJP are likely to contest 102 and 101 seats, respectively.</p>.<p>LJP (Ram Vilas), which had earlier settled for around 20-22 seats, is now asking for at least 25 more. Senior leaders in the LJP (RV) are of the opinion that the party should get at least 45 seats, said a party leader on the condition of anonymity.</p>