PATNA/RANCHI: RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav, RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha and new entrant to the "Mahagathbandhan" (Grand Alliance) Mukesh Sahni met Lalu Prasad in a Ranchi prison Saturday as part of the method for seat-sharing in the opposition coalition in Bihar for the 2019 normal election.
Prasad is lodged on the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi on scientific grounds, after his conviction in the multi-crore-rupee fodder rip-off circumstances.
Sources with regards to the jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo stated initial talks have been held between Prasad and the three leaders regarding seat-sharing in the anti-NDA grouping.
The RJD is the pivot of the "Mahagathbandhan" in Bihar and hence, Prasad's approval in finalising the allocation of seats is required.
The ruling Janata Dal (United), led via Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, poked fun on the leaders going to the Hotwar prison in Ranchi to "prostrate" earlier than the imprisoned RJD supremo for finalisation of the seat-sharing.
At provide, the Grand Alliance in Bihar comprises the Congress, the RJD, the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Sahni's fledgling outfit, the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and veteran socialist chief Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD).
Sahni, a Bollywood set designer-turned-politician who has introduced the VIP, joined the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) grouping final Sunday, hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the JD(U) and the Ramvilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in Delhi announced the seat-sharing method some of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents for the 40 Lok Sabha segments in Bihar.
After the meeting with Prasad, Kushwaha, accompanied via Sahni, informed newshounds in Ranchi that the talks have been primarily about the RJD supremo's health.
"There were some political discussions also, the details of which we need not make public. But, of course, we discussed the strategy to defeat the BJP-led NDA in both Bihar and Jharkhand," he added.
To a pointed question on seat-sharing some of the Grand Alliance constituents, the RLSP chief stated it could be discussed at a later level.
"All the alliance partners were not present today. A seat-sharing formula must be arrived at in the presence of representatives of all the constituents," he added.
Asked whether he hoped for a larger percentage in the Grand Alliance in comparison to when the RLSP was in the NDA, which had offered him simplest two of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, Kushwaha, who additionally reportedly desires the Chatra seat in Jharkhand for his confidant Nagmani, stated, "Wait for the opportune time, you will get to know."
Prasad's more youthful son and RJD heir obvious Tejashwi Yadav additionally met the birthday party supremo after Kushwaha and informed newshounds that there was no hurry to announce a seat-sharing method.
"Our priority is to make the NDA bite the dust and not to make the number of seats a prestige issue," he stated.
Meanwhile, Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha informed a regional information channel in Patna that the seat-sharing method can be worked out simplest after January 14.
"We think the Congress should get at least 12 (seats), but we will also have to take into account that we have to accommodate many constituents," he stated.
January 14 is the date on which "Kharmas", a month regarded as inauspicious, ends. Prasad had reportedly sought the deferment of a choice on seat-sharing till that date, Jha stated.
Meanwhile, the JD(U) introduced a stinging attack on Prasad and previous Union minister Kushwaha over the meeting of the 2 leaders in Ranchi.
JD(U) MLC and spokesperson Neeraj Kumar issued a commentary referring to Prasad as the "prisoner no. 3351" of the Hotwar prison and accused Kushwaha, whom he did not refer via title, of going to the Jharkhand capital to accomplish a "dandwat" (prostration) earlier than the imprisoned RJD supremo.
"I had predicted that seat-sharing in the Mahagathbandhan will have to follow a dandwat by all the constituents at the Hotwar jail. It has been proved right," he stated.
In a dig at Prasad over the allegations of unlawful land offers levelled against him, maximum particularly via Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP chief Sushil Kumar Modi, the JD(U) spokesperson hoped that those visiting the "prisoner no. 3351" had carried the records of their belongings as they must part with some of those in return for an assurance of a price tag from Prasad.
Prasad is lodged on the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi on scientific grounds, after his conviction in the multi-crore-rupee fodder rip-off circumstances.
Sources with regards to the jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo stated initial talks have been held between Prasad and the three leaders regarding seat-sharing in the anti-NDA grouping.
The RJD is the pivot of the "Mahagathbandhan" in Bihar and hence, Prasad's approval in finalising the allocation of seats is required.
The ruling Janata Dal (United), led via Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, poked fun on the leaders going to the Hotwar prison in Ranchi to "prostrate" earlier than the imprisoned RJD supremo for finalisation of the seat-sharing.
At provide, the Grand Alliance in Bihar comprises the Congress, the RJD, the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Sahni's fledgling outfit, the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and veteran socialist chief Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD).
Sahni, a Bollywood set designer-turned-politician who has introduced the VIP, joined the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) grouping final Sunday, hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the JD(U) and the Ramvilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in Delhi announced the seat-sharing method some of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents for the 40 Lok Sabha segments in Bihar.
After the meeting with Prasad, Kushwaha, accompanied via Sahni, informed newshounds in Ranchi that the talks have been primarily about the RJD supremo's health.
"There were some political discussions also, the details of which we need not make public. But, of course, we discussed the strategy to defeat the BJP-led NDA in both Bihar and Jharkhand," he added.
To a pointed question on seat-sharing some of the Grand Alliance constituents, the RLSP chief stated it could be discussed at a later level.
"All the alliance partners were not present today. A seat-sharing formula must be arrived at in the presence of representatives of all the constituents," he added.
Asked whether he hoped for a larger percentage in the Grand Alliance in comparison to when the RLSP was in the NDA, which had offered him simplest two of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, Kushwaha, who additionally reportedly desires the Chatra seat in Jharkhand for his confidant Nagmani, stated, "Wait for the opportune time, you will get to know."
Prasad's more youthful son and RJD heir obvious Tejashwi Yadav additionally met the birthday party supremo after Kushwaha and informed newshounds that there was no hurry to announce a seat-sharing method.
"Our priority is to make the NDA bite the dust and not to make the number of seats a prestige issue," he stated.
Meanwhile, Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha informed a regional information channel in Patna that the seat-sharing method can be worked out simplest after January 14.
"We think the Congress should get at least 12 (seats), but we will also have to take into account that we have to accommodate many constituents," he stated.
January 14 is the date on which "Kharmas", a month regarded as inauspicious, ends. Prasad had reportedly sought the deferment of a choice on seat-sharing till that date, Jha stated.
Meanwhile, the JD(U) introduced a stinging attack on Prasad and previous Union minister Kushwaha over the meeting of the 2 leaders in Ranchi.
JD(U) MLC and spokesperson Neeraj Kumar issued a commentary referring to Prasad as the "prisoner no. 3351" of the Hotwar prison and accused Kushwaha, whom he did not refer via title, of going to the Jharkhand capital to accomplish a "dandwat" (prostration) earlier than the imprisoned RJD supremo.
"I had predicted that seat-sharing in the Mahagathbandhan will have to follow a dandwat by all the constituents at the Hotwar jail. It has been proved right," he stated.
In a dig at Prasad over the allegations of unlawful land offers levelled against him, maximum particularly via Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP chief Sushil Kumar Modi, the JD(U) spokesperson hoped that those visiting the "prisoner no. 3351" had carried the records of their belongings as they must part with some of those in return for an assurance of a price tag from Prasad.
Tejashwi, Kushwaha, Sahni meet jailed Lalu over seat-sharing in Grand Alliance
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