India, Oct. 5 -- The seat-sharing talks in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) picked up pace on Sunday with Union minister and Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan holding one-to-one talks with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and Union ministers Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh, HAM-S leader and Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) president and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha.

A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that the meeting with the LJP (RV) leader and Union minister Chirag Paswan is also scheduled later.

The series of meetings started with JD (U) leader Lallan Singh followed by meetings with Manjhi and Kushwaha. "Pradhan ji is my friend and ministerial colleague. It was a no...