The Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) events in Bihar are anticipated to announce its seat-sharing components for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Friday. In keeping with sources, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will contest 26 seats, Congress 9 and Left events 5.
The announcement might be made by state-level leaders of RJD, Congress and Left events, the constituents of Mahagathbandhan, on the RJD workplace in Patna.
In keeping with the seat-sharing deal, the Congress is prone to get 9 seats — Katihar, Kishanganj, Patna Sahib, Sasaram, Bhagalpur, Bettiah, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur and Maharajganj, sources mentioned.
The RJD, headed by Lalu Yadav, is anticipated to get Palamu and Chatra seats in neighbouring Jharkhand, they added.
The Communist Celebration of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation might get Karakat, Arrah and Nalanda seats. Alternatively, the Communist Celebration of India and the Communist Celebration of India (Marxist) are prone to get Begusarai and Khagaria seats, respectively.
Forward of the seat-sharing announcement, the Congress and the RJD had differences during seat-sharing negotiations over the latter’s “unilateral distribution” of tickets.
Lok Sabha elections for the 40 seats in Bihar might be held in seven phases on April 19, 26, Might 7, 13, 20, 25, and June 1. Votes might be counted on June 4.
Within the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress received just one seat whereas the RJD and Left events drew a clean. The NDA alliance — BJP and Janata Dal (United) — swept the polls and received 17 and 16 seats, respectively.