New Delhi, Mar 17: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and Rashtriya Janata Dal have arrived at a seat-sharing formula for 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar on Tuesday.
The formal announcement is expected to be made later today at a joint press conference here.
According to sources, the Ram Vilas Paswan led-LJP will field its candidates in 12 constituencies. Talking to the reporters before the meeting with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Paswan indicated a climbdown in his party''s earlier stand on contesting either 16 seats or going alone in all forty seats in the state.
The RJD-LJP deal is likely to encourage the Congress to bargain for eight seats that it is demanding from Lalu.