India, Sept. 18 -- A 30-minute meeting between Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Union home minister Amit Shah at a Patna hotel on Thursday morning has fuelled speculations over seat-sharing talks within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) camp in the run up to the state elections later this year.

The meeting comes amid reports of dissent among smaller NDA allies regarding the numbers and the yet-to-be-confirmed seat-sharing formula within the alliance.

The Bihar assembly elections are due in October-November though the Election Commission is yet to make a formal announcement regarding the schedule.

Deputy chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Samrat Choudhary, minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Janata Dal (Unit...