Overview

• Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the formula on X after days of talks, with NDA leaders posting identical unity messages and calling the process cordial.
• The timing dovetails with a BJP Central Election Committee meeting in New Delhi to clear candidate lists for the two-phase polls.
• Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas) secured 29 constituencies following hard bargaining, with the party’s board authorising him to take election decisions.
• HAM and RLM received six seats each, as Jitan Ram Manjhi alternated between public acceptance of the decision and complaints that his party was undervalued.
• The opposition Mahagathbandhan has yet to declare its own seat allocation, with talks continuing as Bihar votes on November 6 and 11 and counting is set for November 14.