Mahagathbandhan likely to announce seats in Bihar today

RJD and Congress-led mahagathbandhan in Bihar set to announce seat sharing for Lok Sabha elections on March 29.

A day after the last date of filing nomination papers for the first phase poll on April 19, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress-led mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in Bihar are likely all set to announce seat sharing on March 29.

The announcement could be made at State RJD headquarters jointly by RJD, Congress and three Left parties which form mahagathbandhan in the State.

If sources in the grand alliance are to be believed, the RJD is likely to contest on 26 seats, Congress on nine and the Left parties on remaining five seats. Bihar has total 40 Lok Sabha constituencies.

In last 2019 Lok Sabha elections too, Congress had contested on nine seats winning the lone Kishanganj seat. The NDA had won remaining 39 seats.

Among the Left parties, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) may contest on three seats of Bhojpur, Nalanda and Karakat, while the Communist Party of India (CPI) to contest the Begusarai seat, for which it already has announced the name of the candidate as Awadhesh Rai and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) would contest the Khagaria seat.

The RJD is likely to contest (26) seats: Purnia, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Nawada, Saran, Patliputra, Buxar, Ujjiyarpur, Jehanabad, Darbhanga, Banka, Araria, Munger, Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani, Siwan, Seohar, Vaishali, Hajipur, Supaul, Valmikinagar, East Champaran, Madhepura, Gopalganj or, Maharajganj.

The Congress (nine) may contest seats of: Kishanganj, Katihar, Samastipur, Patna Sahib, Sasaram, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Supaul, Maharajganj or Gopalganj.