2025: Efforts to finalise a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming polls hit snags this week — with several key BJP allies sparking buzz about defections. Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi indicated on Wednesday that the party was willing to ‘settle’ for 15 constituencies — posting a cryptic Mahabharat reference on social media to underscore his point. Speculative reports have also suggested that long-standing BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is mulling an alliance with the Prashant Kishor -led Jan Suraaj Party after seat-sharing talks stumbled.

‘De do keval 15…’

Manjhi suggested that his four-MLA-strong party would have ideally likedto contest “half” of the 243 assembly constituencies in Bihar — but was willing to “settle for 15” seats and avoid fighting against

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