New Delhi: The BJP and the Janata Dal- United (JDU) will contest 101 seats each in the Bihar Assembly elections to be held in November. The Chirag Paswan-led LJP (Ram Vilas) has been allotted 29 seats, it was announced by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday evening.

Of the remaining seats out of the 243, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha and Hindustani Awam Morcha will fight six each, it was announced. ADVERTISEMENT

This announcement was much awaited with many expecting the BJP to demand a lion’s share of the seats. Presently, the party has 74 seats as compared to the JDU’s 43. The decision to fight equal number of seats has come as a surprise for many who wonder whether JDU leader and chief minister Nitish Kumar has enough left in him to even repeat the 2020 performance.

“The BJP

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