PATNA, Oct. 15 -- After snags in seat-sharing arrangements in both leading alliances, sporadic internal dissension has surfaced in the Janata Dal (United), even as the BJP and smaller parties proceed with their candidate lists and JD(U) leaders begin filing nominations. Leaders who could not be accommodated remain perplexed and seething, but senior party officials played down the rift, saying ticket distribution is almost complete and the final list will be released soon. The NDA announced seat-sharing formula on Sunday, but that seems to have created complications in seat allocation due to simmering discontent not only within the alliance, but also within the constituent parties due to prospect of many prospective candidates fearing loss of their seats because of seat-swapping. All eyes are now on the visit of home minister Amit Shah on October 16 and he is likely to stay in Bihar for 3-4 days to ensure that things happen without any strain to NDA cohesion. A senior JD(U) leader said that the problem confounded due to smaller parties within the NDA competing with one another to have a better bargain and LJP(RV) of Chirag Paswan turning out to be the big winner with 29 seats. Some leaders, who have been sounded about their tickets, have even begun to file nominations on their own from Tuesday and more are likely to do so in the coming days. Gangster-turned-politician Anant Singh of Mokama, a potential JD(U) candidate, did not wait for formal announcement and filed his nomination on Tuesday, and so did others like senior JD(U) leader and minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Bihar JD-U chief Umesh Kushwaha from Supaul and Mahnar respectively. Others like Rajkumar Singh (Matihani), Kaushal Kishor (Rajgir) Ramanand Mandal (Suryagarha), Nachiketa Mandal (Jamalpur) and a few others also got JD-U symbol to indicate that the party was going ahead with its plan, disregarding dissenting voices. Party leaders said more candidates would get the symbols by evening. On the other hand, ruling JD(U)'s MLA and muscleman-turner politician Gopal Mandal sat on a dharna with his supporters outside Nitish Kumar's residence, prompting security beef up to prevent anybody getting closer to the CM's residence. Mandal wanted to meet the CM to get assurance of an election ticket from the Gopalpur assembly constituency he represents. "I will not budge till I get the party symbol from the CM, who is our party's supremo. The security personnel may charge the baton if they wish," he told reporters. Another JD(U) leader and MP from Bhagalpur, Ajay Mandal, is also learnt to have written a letter to the CM, offering to resign from his parliamentary seat as he felt being sidelined in the selection of candidates from his Parliamentary seat. His letter did the rounds on social media, though there was no official confirmation on it. "Things are fluid at this stage in the JD(U), as some leaders are upset with the prospect of losing their seats due to swapping, as per the formula worked out in the NDA by party's senior leaders and the BJP. The problem is that Nitish Kumar does not hold aces any more due to his health issues and the manoeuvrings by his own party leaders, who may have taken his words 'no more flip-flop and I will always remain with the NDA' as carte blanche," said a senior JD(U) leader, without elaborating. But, JD(U) state chief Umesh Kushwaha,who filed his nomination from Mahnar seat, said that there was nothing to worry about in the JD(U) and NDA. "There is no dissension. The NDA is set for a landslide victory, bigger than 2010. The NDA is one," he said after filing his nomination. JD(U) working president Sanjay Jha also said that the NDA is working cohesively for a big mandate and by (Tuesday) evening seat allocation would also be clear....