Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday ruled out a rethink on the seat-sharing formula for the ‘Grand Secular Alliance’ for the state Assembly polls, a day after NCP’s ultimatum for reconsideration by August 20 and its insistence on 12 seats.
“We have left three seats for the NCP and instead of us they would have to decide whether they want to be in the grand secular alliance or not,” Kumar told reporters here.
Sharad Pawar’s NCP, which was with JD(U)-RJD alliance in the recent elections to the Legislative Council, had on Sunday served an ultimatum to the secular alliance to reconsider the seat-sharing formula for by August 20 failing which “all options” will be open to it.
“Injustice has been meted out to us in seat-sharing. We will not tolerate it. We are giving an ultimatum to the grand alliance to reconsider seat distribution by August 20, otherwise all options are open for us. The ball is now in their court,” NCP General Secretary Tariq Anwar had said.