Overview

• HAM(S) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi warned his party will sit out the election unless allotted at least 15 seats, saying HAM would still back the NDA and citing the need to secure recognition by winning about eight seats.
• Manjhi signaled his demand with a tweaked Dinkar verse referencing "15 villages," while BJP interlocutors have reportedly offered HAM roughly 6–10 seats.
• LJP(RV) leader Chirag Paswan is pressing for a substantially higher quota than offered, with reports placing his demand near 30–40 seats, and he has called an emergency meeting in Patna.
• Negotiation contours reported by party sources point to BJP and JD(U) each targeting about 100 seats, with indicative shares of roughly 24 for LJP(RV), 10 for HAM(S) and 6 for Upendra Kushwaha’s RLM still under discussion.
• BJP leaders publicly assert the alliance is united with Nitish Kumar as the CM face and say a final seat-sharing formula will be announced soon, as Bihar votes on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14.