Shah, Kushwaha to talk seat-sharing on Monday

PATNA: Amid the last minute seat-sharing parleys among NDA allies in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday invited Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha for a one-on-one meeting with him in New Delhi on Monday.
Kushwaha, who met RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s younger son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav at Arwal on Friday after Shah’s announcement that BJP and JD(U) will contest equal number of seats in Bihar, on Saturday said that his party would continue to be a part of NDA.
“The NDA has not yet reached a consensus as far as seat-sharing in Bihar for Lok Sabha elections is concerned. I have also talked to Amit Shahji. Deliberations are still on and I can’t say anything right now,” Kushwaha said in Nalanda.
RLSP general secretary Madhaw Anand said that Shah and Kushwaha had a telephonic conversation on Saturday. “Shah asked our party president to meet him in New Delhi on Sunday. However, since Kushwahaji has some prior engagements, he will reach New Delhi on Sunday evening and meet Shah on Monday,” Anand added.
Kushwaha had created ripples in political circles with his ‘kheer’ theory on August 25. “Kheer can be made with milk from Yadavs and rice from Kushwahas,” he had said. RLSP has been demanding at least three Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.