New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday announced its seat-sharing formula for next month’s Bihar Assembly elections, allocating 101 of the 243 seats each to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), and the remainder to smaller allies, including the LJP-Ram Vilas, the HAM, and the RLM.

As part of the deal, Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas will fight on 29 seats, while Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and Union Minister and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will contest elections on 6 seats each.

According to credible sources, the LJP-Ram Vilas will field its candidates in constituencies like Gaya, Fatuha and also Bakhtiyarpur, the birthplace of Chief Minister Nitish

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