LJP leaders Ram Vilas, Chirag Paswan meet Shah and Jaitley as ties strain

The LJP is trying to extract a better bargain for itself in its seat-sharing talks with the BJP in Bihar.

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Thursday asked the government to list benefits of demonetisation, positioning itself for a better share of seats from the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar elections next year.

LJP chief and union minister Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag, a Lok Sabha MP, held an hour-long meeting with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Delhi. LJP sources said the meeting remained inconclusive. BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav, the party’s Bihar in-charge, said BJP’s alliance with LJP in Bihar remained intact.

Chirag, in a letter, asked Jaitley to list