BJP leaders meet Paswan over alliance talks

"LJP Parliamentary Board has passed a resolution that all steps, even if they are strong ones, should be taken in the interest of the party and if an alternative alliance is to be firmed up, party chief Ram Vilas Paswan should take the decision," said Chirag Paswan, who heads the Parliamentary Board.

BJP leaders had also said yesterday that the talks on alliance were at an advanced stage.

Sources said the two parties are engaged in negotiations over the sharing of seats in Bihar.

Prasad later said the meeting was "good" and they had shared "sweets".

He praised Paswan, saying he is a "senior" leader not only of Bihar but the entire country.

"We have worked together during Atal Bihari Vajpayee government," the BJP leader recalled.

Paswan's brother Ram Chandra Paswan said the "distance between BJP and LJP has come to an end on poll alliance" in Bihar.