Amit Shah Meets Nitish Kumar, Duo Likely To Discuss Seat-Sharing For 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

This is Shah's first visit to the state since the JD(U), which formed the government in Bihar with the RJD and Congress in 2015, parted ways last year and allied with the BJP in the state.

BJP national president Amit Shah arrived in Patna on Thursday to meet Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar. The two, who had breakfast together this morning, are likely to work out a seat-sharing agreement ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This is Shah’s first visit to the state since the JD(U), which formed the government in Bihar with the RJD and Congress in 2015, parted ways last year and allied with the BJP in the state.

Ahead of the meeting, a senior JD(U) leader told The Indian Express that the party could settle for a “formula of equity, parity and mutual respect” between the alliance partners. The leader added that JD(S) is not looking at playing the “elder brother” to the BJP. The JD(S) is reportedly expecting a formula similar to the one it adopted with the RJD for the 2015 Assembly elections.

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