Amid row over seat sharing, Ram Vilas Paswan, son Chirag meet Shah

Amid on-going row over 2019 elections seat sharing, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan met BJP president Amit Shah in the national capital.

The saffron party's ties with the Lok Janshakti Party appeared to be in trouble after LJP leader Chirag Paswan asked the central government to explain what benefits demonetisation brought to the country. 

The report said that Chirag had written a letter to Jaitley with a copy to Modi after the results were announced on December 11 and asked him to list the benefits of demonetisation so that he can "explain" them to people.

According to reports, an hour-long meeting between top BJP leaders, including its president Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag remained inconclusive.

The LJP, sources said, wants a better deal than the BJP has offered it, more so after Kushwaha's exit from the alliance. Chirag had also aired his frustration with the delay in seat-sharing announcement and said it may harm the ruling alliance.

In his comments to media, Chirag has spoken about unease among farmers and youths, and had also tweeted about the ruling National Democratic Alliance passing through "trying times".

Meanwhile, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan will meet Jaitley on Friday afternoon to discuss 2019 Lok Sabha elections seat sharing.

(With agency inputs)