The Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday released its list of 143 candidates for the Bihar Assembly Elections, with Tejashwi Yadav set to contest from Raghopur.
The RJD is contesting the Bihar Assembly Elections as a part of the INDIA bloc, along with partners Congeess, the CPI(ML)L, CPI(M), CPI, and the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP).
The list by the Lalu-led party comes after the Congress, in three separate lists, declared the names of 60 candidates for the Bihar polls.
Several other parties in the alliance like the CPI and the CPI(ML)L have already announced their candidates.
However, as of now, no formal seat-sharing deal has been shared with the public and a stalemate continues within the bloc over the issue.
Speaking on Monday, Congress leader Surendra Rajput opened up about the INDIA bloc's seat-sharing woes.
“Our differences may exist, but we are resolving disputes through dialogue. There is no hostility among us. Conversations are opening up all the paths. There is no bitterness in the alliance. Unlike the NDA, we are not fielding candidates against one another within the coalition. It is not like the NDA where people such as Chirag Paswan say things like ‘it is unfortunate that Nitish Kumar is the chief minister of North Bihar’, nobody is saying that here," Rajput told news agency PTI.
“Everyone is united in one voice. Under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, everyone is talking things through fully. Yes, every party wants to contest more seats. All differences have been resolved. After Diwali, the alliance will, with full strength, remove the seat usurpers,” he stated.
The deadline to withdraw nomination papers for 121 of the 243 seats going to polls in first phase will end at 3pm on Monday.
A total of 1,375 nominations were accepted till late on Sunday, reported Hindustan Times
