The seat-sharing calculus of both the ruling alliance and the Opposition camp in Bihar is stuck, due to different variables.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, still smarting from being pushed to the third rung in the Bihar Assembly after the 2020 Assembly polls, is now insisting on simultaneous Assembly elections, according to sources. On the Opposition end, where the exit of Mr. Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has made the equation more or less straightforward, the negotiations are proceeding slowly, with several events delaying the process.