Overview

• BJP’s Nityanand Rai and LJP(RV) chief Chirag Paswan described their talks as positive, and Paswan now holds full party authority to settle seats despite unresolved claims over specific constituencies.
• Sources indicate Paswan has lowered his demand to about 35 seats, while BJP is near 25 and reluctant to cede Govindganj, Matihani and Sikandra among others.
• On the opposition side, RJD and Congress remain stuck over five constituencies—Baisi, Bahadurganj, Raniganj, Kahalgaon and Saharsa—even as Congress cleared 25 nominees and is preparing to contest roughly 55–58 seats.
• Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj issued a first list of 51 candidates with professionals and a caste-balanced slate, and Kishor is slated to launch the campaign from Raghopur on October 11.
• Realignments are underway as former JDU MP Santosh Kushwaha and others prepare to join the RJD, while nominations near for the two-phase election on November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14.