Summary:
In fact, the LJP will meet at 2pm today to decide whether to contest against ally JD(U) in Bihar polls. "We have forged an alliance with Janata Dal (United) and have become a part of the NDA. There has been no discussion about seat-sharing in the next Bihar Assembly elections," news agency ANI had quoted Manjhi as saying. Dalits in Bihar are over 16% of the electorate and about 40 seats in the 243-member house are reserved for them. He later formed the HAM(S) and contested 21 seats in the 2015 Bihar assembly elections as an NDA constituent..