Lucknow: NDA constituent Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) will contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections independently, with its chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, a minister in the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, expressing dismay at not being allocated even a single seat in the neighbouring state as part of the BJP-led alliance.

Declaring the SBSP is prepared to field candidates on 153 seats, Rajbhar said he had no option after talks with the BJP failed.

The National Democratic Alliance Sunday announced its seat-sharing formula for 243-member Bihar assembly. While the BJP and the JD(U) would contest 101 seats each, Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) would contest 29. Two other NDA allies—the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM)—will contest six e

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