‘Major poaching attempt in NDA’: India bloc tries to woo Chirag Paswan with offer of eight seats in Bihar, says report

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The India bloc has reportedly offered eight at-large LS seats to Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas). Bihar has 40 LS seats.

Patna: With the Lok Sabha elections just weeks away, political parties are intensifying their efforts to win the elections. Bihar, which has 40 seats, is of great importance and can play a major role in forming the government. That is why political parties are in the news here and why major developments are taking place every day. In the latest political development, Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar has reportedly offered eight at-large LS seats to Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), India Today reported citing sources.

According to India Today TV sources, the India Bloc in Bihar is also putting pressure on Chirag Paswan and making efforts to bring him to their side. He has been offered eight at-large seats to join the Bihar Grand Alliance. The Mahagathbandhan also offers Chirag’s party two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

The dispute in the Lok Janshakti Party

Due to the dispute between LJP president (Ram Vilas) and MP Chirag Paswan, and his uncle and central minister Pashupati Paras, there is a never-ending delay in seat distribution in the NDA alliance from the BJP. This delay has raised several questions for the NDA alliance.
According to sources, a discussion is on where Chirag and Pashupati Paras can get six seats in the NDA, but both are not ready and want more seats. Paswan is demanding six seats, just like in 2019 when the Lok Janshakti Party was not divided and their MPs won six seats.