BJP MP questions Prashant Kishor's remarks on Bihar seat-sharing

A day after Janata Dal (United) leer Prashant Kishor said that party should be getting more seats in State alliance than  BJP since it is senior party, BJP MP Gopal Narayan Singh said that two parties should be fighting an equal number of seats. 

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"Why should formula change?"

Speaking to news ncy ANI, Singh said, "Every next step is decided as per latest situation and rules. To what extent is it right to make old seat-sharing formula a basis? We h 22 MPs and came to second position on seven more seats so our claim was to be on 29 seats but we gave m an equal number of seats. Why should t that formula be implemented in next election."

Singh also said that CM Nitish Kumar is leer and face of party and that he should consult CM before making any such statements. 

On Sunday, Kishor said, "In my view, Lok Sabha election formula cant be repeated in assembly polls. If we look at 2010 assembly polls, which JD(U) and BJP h last contested toger, ratio was 1:1.4. Even if re is a slight change this time, it cant be that both parties fight an equal number of seats. JD(U) is a bigger party, has close to 70 MLAs while BJP has just over 50. Moreover, assembly elections are to be fought with Nitish Kumar as NDA face."

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He ded that CM Nitish Kumar was and is elder bror in alliance. He also dismissed suggestions that his party chief Nitish Kumar might be expected to cede some ground to BJP, a favour he h extended in 2015 assembly polls for Lalu Pras's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

"re can be comparison between two scenarios. In 2015, in outgoing assembly, JD(U) h about 120 MLAs while RJD h only 20. But since alliance was an entirely new experiment, many things were factored in. Moreover, even if 2015 assembly polls are taken as benchmark this time, it is undeniable that JD(U)'s tally was significantly higher than that of BJP. So my contention of a 1:1.4 ratio holds ground. I am t talking about number of seats that each party could contest. I am talking about proportion."

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