LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan Friday met BJP leader Arun Jaitley amid indications that the two parties may soon arrive at a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar for the Lok Sabha polls. Paswan's son Chirag, who has been vocal in airing his party's differences with the BJP, told reporters that talks were on and claimed there were other issues besides sharing of seats.

Another Lok Janshakti Party leader, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that talks have been positive and they were hopeful of an early solution. "If all goes well, we will contest six of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar," he said. There is speculation that the regional party has also sought a Rajya Sabha berth. If the LJP is given six seats, as many as it had won in 2014, then the BJP and its another ally Janata Dal (United), which is headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will contest 17 seats each.