NEW DELHI: Post NDA supporter, the LJP issued warning the coalition saying it may suffer a "loss" if seat-sharing agreement for 2019 Lok Sabha polls is not finalized on time, LJP’s senior leader demanded for the seat-sharing formula in Bihar, UP and Jharkhand to be settled by 31st December. Pashupati Paras, a who is top leader in the LJP  told news agency ANI, "We are asking for what is rightfully ours. We are an honest partner of the NDA. We are asking for the same number of seats that we fought from in 2014."

 He also said, "we definitely want seats from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh as well, as our vote bank exists in these states. Time is running out now. We want Amit Shah to finalise this by December 31. We want them (BJP) to maintain the sanctity of the coalition".

Ram Chandra Prasad Singh of JDU stated that everything is fine in Bihar NDA. He added that talks on seat sharing have concluded and the announcement will be made soon. He also said “There is no problem in NDA. LJP will remain in NDA.”

Worth mention here the demand by LJP comes a week following Upendra Kushwaha’s RLSP had given up NDA.  LJP's Parliamentary Board chairman Chirag Paswan stated his party reached out to NDA partners to talk about seat-sharing formula many times but discussions have so far yielded no real results.