Analysis: Challenges For "Bigger" NDA Ahead Of 2024
NDTV
Seat-sharing negotiations within the NDA are likely to be tough, especially in states like Bihar and Maharashtra.
As the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) holds its big show of strength today, ground realities indicate that an understanding with each ally will be no cakewalk. The 24-party Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA has grown into a 38-party coalition under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Seat-sharing negotiations are likely to be tough, especially in states like Bihar and Maharashtra.
Bihar
In 2019, the BJP contested the national election with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) and Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). The BJP and JDU contested 17 seats each in Bihar and the LJP got six seats. The LJP was also given a Rajya Sabha seat, which became Ram Vilas Paswan's route to parliament. The NDA won 39 of Bihar's 40 seats; the BJP won 17 seats, JDU 16 and the LJP won six.
