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Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP, Janata Dal (U) strike 50-50 deal in Bihar

The JD (U) had walked out of the NDA in 2013

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Archis Mohan New Delhi
With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar standing by his side but leaders of their other two allies missing, BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday evening announced that the NDA has finalised its seat sharing formula for Bihar’s 40 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP chief said Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) continue to remain within the NDA fold. Shah said Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) and BJP would contest on equal number of seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Bihar, and other constituents will be given a “respectable”

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