Overview

• LJP (Ram Vilas) leaders said the party has unanimously authorised Chirag Paswan to take the final call on seat-sharing.
• LJP convened an emergency meeting in Patna after naming MP Arun Bharti election in-charge and Raju Tiwari co-in-charge.
• HAM patron Jitan Ram Manjhi demanded at least 15 seats and warned his party would skip contesting if denied, while pledging support to the NDA.
• Reports indicate BJP and JD(U) are prepared to contest roughly 101–102 seats each to accommodate allies pressing for larger shares.
• Both the NDA and the opposition bloc continue intensive seat-sharing talks as the INDIA alliance has yet to settle a collective chief ministerial face, with voting on November 6 and 11 and counting on November 14.