By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | September 19, 2025 03:23 AM IST 2 min readUnion Home Minister Amit Shah with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna, Thursday. PTIBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah ahead of the latter’s public events in Patna on Thursday has set off speculation about seat-sharing discussions between the BJP and the JD(U) for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. According to party insiders, the final decision on seat-sharing among NDA allies in Bihar, including LJP, HAM and RLM, is likely to be announced during the Navratri period, beginning Monday (September 22).X-tra InformationSome senior Congress leaders were not happy with a post shared by the party’s official X account following party MP Rahul Gandhi’s Thursday briefing on “vote chori” in the country. The post, while sharing a video of Gandhi saying that the party had “started getting help from within the Election Commission”, went on to say that the “Congress had people within the EC”, attributing it to the senior leader. According to sources, a Congress leader pointed it out to the party’s communications team that Gandhi did not make such a statement, but the post remained intact till late evening.Desi GreenAn Environment Ministry and Delhi government programme on the ‘Ek Ped Maa ke Naam’ campaign on Thursday saw diplomats from 70 countries plant saplings of 15-odd native species, including peepal, desi babool, hingot, dhak, dhau and barna, at PBG Polo Ground in the Central Ridge area. The Supreme Court has ordered that afforestation in the Ridge area must prioritise use of indigenous species.© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd