Bihar Assembly elections LIVE: BJP leaders meet Kushwaha amid speculations of rift in NDA

In this image posted on Sept. 30, 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Rashtriya Lok Samta Party MP Upendra Kushwaha during a meeting. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI

Two days after the ruling National Democratic Alliance declared its seat-sharing arrangement, cracks have begun to show within the Janata Dal (United) party. On Tuesday (October 14, 2025), party MP Ajay Kumar Mandal offered to resign, alleging that party leadership had denied him access to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. 

Meanwhile, senior BJP leaders including Samrat Choudhary, Nityanand Rai, Nitin Nabin and others met RLM Chief Upendra Kushwaha at his Patna residence on Tuesday night after reports of him being displeased with seat-sharing arrangement. After a closed-door meeting, Mr. Kushwaha expressed his disappointment and said,” This time nothing is well in NDA.”

With just three days remaining to the deadline for filing nominations for the first phase of elections to the Bihar Assembly, the Mahagatbandhan is yet to declare division of seats among its allies. Amidst the confusion, each party is finalising its list of candidates and intense negotiations are on between the allies to swap seats.

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