India, Oct. 12 -- Reflecting a change in political equations within Bihar's ruling alliance, the JDU and BJP have decided to contest an equal number of seats in the 2025 election. The math is impacted majorly by the entry of Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV).

Here's the math of the 243 seats as divided among NDA constituents, shared on X by JDU working national chief Sanjay Kumar Jha:

Further details were not yet in, as of 6.30 pm on October 12.

"Leaders and workers of all NDA parties welcome this with joy and are united to make Nitish Kumar the chief minister again with a massive majority," Sanjay Kumar Jha wrote in his post.

This is a major climbdown for the JDU led by CM Nitish Kumar, which contested 115 seats in the 2020 Bihar assembly elec...