Overview

• BJP leaders including Amit Shah and JP Nadda held back-to-back meetings, and state chief Dilip Jaiswal said the NDA formula would be announced by 11 a.m. Sunday.
• Preliminary splits reported by alliance sources put JD(U) at about 101–102 seats, BJP one fewer, LJP(RV) around 26, HAM(S) seven, and RLM roughly six.
• The INDIA bloc’s talks remain fraught, with reports of Congress seeking about 78 seats and the RJD offering near 48, while Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav traveled to Delhi citing a court hearing and Congress’s Jairam Ramesh signaling a deal in the next few days.
• Tejashwi Yadav reiterated his pledge of one government job per household, saying a decision would come within 20 days of forming a government and jobs within 20 months, a promise drawing mixed public reactions.
• Third-force moves continue, with AIMIM saying it plans to contest around 100 seats and Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj testing the waters in Raghopur, as the two-phase voting is set for November 6 and 11 with counting on November 14.