The last date of nomination for the assembly seats of the first phase of Bihar elections has come near and the seats for the candidates in the opposition grand alliance have not been decided yet. Congress is adamant on the demand of more than 60 seats. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), leading the opposition alliance in the state, has set a limit of 58 seats for Congress.
Congress Preparations are on to field candidates for 65 assembly seats in Bihar. There is a huge dispute between Congress and RJD regarding the number of seats. While RJD has set a limit of 58 seats for Congress, the Grand Old Party has fixed the formula of giving 138 seats for Lalu Yadav’s party.
In Congress formula Mukesh Sahni There is talk of satisfying Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and left parties led by 40 seats. Amidst the tussle over seat sharing, the parties involved in the alliance have started fielding their candidates. Talking about RJD itself, the number of seats has not been announced, but till now the party has given symbols to 71 candidates to contest the elections.
CPI (ML), a component of the Grand Alliance, has also given symbols to 18 candidates. CPI and CPM are also not lagging behind in the race to field candidates. CPI has released the list of six candidates and has claimed to field candidates on four more seats. The party says that after the consensus is reached, candidates will be announced for these seats also.
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A CPM candidate has also filed his nomination. There is talk of the party’s second candidate also filing nomination on October 16. At the same time, Mukesh Sahni has also given symbols on some seats on which RJD is also claiming. RJD is ready to give 12 seats to VIP led by Mukesh Sahni. Mukesh Sahni is adamant on the demand of at least 20 seats.
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Mukesh Sahni is uneasy seeing his party’s quota i.e. the number of seats in the alliance continuously decreasing. Every component of the grand alliance is adamant on its demand. In such a situation, it is also discussed that if this continues and the issue of seats is not resolved soon, then friendly fights can also be seen between the constituent parties of the Grand Alliance on some seats.
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Point to be noted is that Tejashwi Yadav Was in Delhi two days ago. Tejashwi Yadav had left the meeting with Congress leaders saying that such an alliance cannot move forward. Tejashwi had also said on the issue of Congress leaders that we will see and tell. Tejashwi had returned to Patna from Delhi without meeting Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.
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