Amit Shah announces final seat-sharing deal of NDA in Bihar

Bihar Seat-Sharing Formula: Sealing the seat-sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha elections with Bihar allies, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday announced that his party and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) will contest 17 seats each, while Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP will fight on the remaining six.  Paswan will be sent to the Rajya Sabha at the earliest opportunity, he told reporters here, following a brief meeting with Kumar and the Lok Janshakti Party chief, who is also a Cabinet minister in the Modi government.