New Delhi, Oct 11, 2025

Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas President Chirag Paswan has been exhibiting maturity and patience ahead of the Bihar Assembly election in November this year unlike 2020 when he launched a broadside against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Yet, he was again teetering close to another revolt.

Though Chirag’s Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United are both part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre, the two still share frosty relations when it comes to the state.

Despite Nitish Kumar being the acknowledged face leading the NDA in Bihar, it was left to the BJP to sort out the seat-sharing formula with allies, who, say people in the know, sought a larger share at the cost of the JD-U.

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