Bihar: Seat sharing finalised between Congress and RJD

In Bihar, seat sharing has been finalised between NDA and 35 out of 40 candidates have been announced, there has been no formal announcement regarding seat sharing in 'INDIA' alliance till now. Regarding this, a meeting of the grand alliance parties was held in Delhi on Tuesday evening. It is reported that in this meeting a consensus has been reached regarding seat sharing in Bihar, the numbers will be announced on Wednesday.

It is reported quoting sources that in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal has been given 26 seats, Congress 9 and Left parties have been given 5 seats, out of which CPI-ML will contest on three seats.

It is being told that there will be another meeting between Congress, RJD and Left on Wednesday, in which prominent leaders of all the parties will be present. There will be one more round of talks before the final announcement. After this, seat distribution will be announced in a press conference in Patna.

A meeting was held today at the residence of Congress General Secretary and MP Mukul Wasnik in Delhi regarding churning of seats. RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav also attended. Bihar Congress in-charge Mohan Prakash and state president Akhilesh Prasad Singh were also present there.

After the meeting, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, "Our alliance is the oldest. We have been together in every situation. Our main agenda is to stop BJP, Bihar will give shocking results this time. Left parties, Congress and RJD will contest elections together. "Everyone is getting respectable seats and we will announce it soon."

Tejashwi said that Congress party and RJD have an old relationship. We have always been together in all circumstances. We have fought together against BJP even at the ideological level. The news going around that the alliance will break is the agenda of BJP. There has been no talk of rift between us. We have talked understanding each other.

He said that our agenda is to stop BJP. We can say that Bihar will give shocking results. Our conversations have been going on continuously. Our understanding remains, we are ready that Left, Congress and RJD will contest the elections together.

Even in the last Lok Sabha elections, Congress had got nine seats. Tejashwi Yadav may also meet Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday. Tejashwi is in Delhi tomorrow. The last date of nomination for the first phase is the day after tomorrow and in all the four seats of this phase, Rashtriya Janata Dal candidates are in the fray, who have got the symbol, so no one is in a hurry.