00:00And it's become all the more complicated for the NDA to figure this one out
00:09because sources are confirming to India today that Chirag Paswan is seeking a larger slice
00:15of the seed pie. He wants JDU seeds too and that's something that the JDU has put their
00:20foot down on saying there's no question of giving up any of their seeds. And this even
00:26as the JDU has decided to go ahead and start pledging seeds to candidates in clearly a
00:32symbolic message that's going across from the JDU that they will not budge and they're
00:36stubborn on their demands. They've already started pledging seeds to their candidates,
00:40making it very clear that any attempt to take away any of the seeds that they want will not
00:45work. The deadlock therefore continues between the BJP and the JDU on the seeds being allocated
00:51to the smaller allies, particularly Chirag Paswan. Rohit Singh is joining us with more details
00:58from Patna. Rohit, what's happening within the NDA? You know, there was supposed to be
01:03a press conference earlier today. That didn't happen. Does it look like their differences
01:07will be ironed out in the next 24 hours, Rohit?
01:09Well, see Akshata, the seed sharing formula and the issue that was going on for the last
01:19one week was settled yesterday when the numbers came out. 101 for BJP and JDU and 29 for Chirag
01:25and 6 each for Manji and Upendra Kushwaha. But soon after that declaration was made, we saw
01:31that two of the alliance partners started to crib. One was Jitana Rambanji, second was
01:37Upendra Kushwaha. Now both these leaders are in Patna today, they came to Patna and still
01:41they are, in fact, what sources are telling, upset with the fact that why did Chirag Paswan
01:46in fact get so many seeds. That is one bone of contention. And the second is that there
01:53are some, there are few seeds on which, which is being held by the JDU that Chirag Paswan wants
02:00those seeds for his own party. There are some seeds that BJP wants of the JDU, JDU wants
02:06from the BJP. So it's like the tussle is going on over which party gets which seed to fight.
02:13And that is why we saw that these differences in fact spiraled throughout the day today because
02:18of which the issue was not settled. And in fact, 4pm when the scheduled press conference
02:24was yesterday declared had to be cancelled hurriedly because the issue in fact continued.
02:31And that is why we are seeing that still, as I speak, hectic negotiations are going on in
02:36the NDA camp. And we are expecting that by tomorrow, the final list of candidates will be out.
02:42However, one thing is very interesting to note that Janata Dal United has already started
02:47distributing symbols to few of their candidates whose seeds are confirmed. And today they have
02:53collected the symbol from Chief Minister Nidish Kumar also.
02:56It's also messaging that the JDU is not willing to budge on any of their demands. They've made
03:01it very clear to their allies in the NDA. Thanks very much Rohit for those details.
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