Now, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) flexes muscles, says will not talk to Congress on seat sharing in Bihar

NEW DELHI: With no visible movement on seat sharing talks between the partners of opposition's INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), yet another regional party has flexed its muscles by making an open claim for Lok Sabha seats.. and the Shiv Sena (UBT), it is now Nitish Kumar's party, the Janata Dal (United), that has gone public with its claim on 16 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar...

We have 16 Lok Sabha MPs and we will contest on all these seats..

A senior party leader today said that Nitish Kumar had desired an early seat-sharing in the INDIA bloc so that the campaign for the Lok Sabha polls could have been launched on Gandhi Jayanti...

Bengal Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has said that his party did not need Mamata's mercy over reports that the ruling party in the state was ready to offer only two Lok Sabha seats to the grand old party..

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut had said that his party was the "biggest" in the opposition alliance and "would contest 23 out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats."..

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