Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United and the BJP have split the 243 seats of Bihar down the middle -- with an extra seat going to the Chief Minister's party, sources said. The seat sharing deal will be officially announced tomorrow. Of the 122 seats in JD(U)'s share, five seats will go to Jitin Ram Manjhi's HAM. Of the BJP's 121 seats, some will be given to Mukesh Nishad's Vikassheel Insaan Party or VIP.
