PATNA, Sept. 11 -- The two main constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party, are likely to fight slightly over 100 seats each in the assembly elections scheduled later this year, with the former pushing to get a symbolic advantage of even a seat or two to underscore that chief minister Nitish Kumar will remain in charge, senior NDA leaders aware of developments said on Wednesday. Bihar has 243 seats, of which the NDA holds 131 and the Opposition holds 111. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to get around 20 seats, the leaders cited above said. The seat-sharing formula , which has already been broadly decided, is set to be announced before the end of September, a senior NDA leader said requesting anonymity. "All the parties in the NDA by and large know which seats they will fight and they are working unitedly for each seat on the ground. The announcement will happen at the appropriate time," the senior NDA leader said. Kumar himself pointed towards "some understanding" earlier this week when he declared JD(U) candidate for the Rajpur seat in Buxar during his address to a gathering, even though seat-sharing is yet to be formally announced. P7...