North India Statesman
News India Live, Digital Desk: Just before the Bihar Assembly elections, the long tussle and speculation in the Grand Alliance regarding seat distribution has finally come to an end. The final formula for seat sharing was announced in the presence of leaders of all the allies in a press conference held in a hotel in Patna. In this division, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will play the role of the eldest brother, which will contest on maximum 144 seats out of 243. Consensus reached after several days of tussle. There was a dilemma regarding seat distribution in the Grand Alliance for the last several days. Especially Congress and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) were adamant about their demands, due to which questions were being raised on the future of the alliance. But after the marathon meetings held on Saturday, finally a consensus was reached between all the parties. Which party got how many seats? Grand alliance leader and Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav announced this formula. See how many seats have come in the account of which party: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD): 144 seats Congress: 70 seatsCPI (ML) (CPI-ML): 19 seatsCommunist Party of India (CPI): 6 seatsMarxist Communist Party (CPM): 4 seatsWhat happened to Mukesh Sahni?The biggest question in this entire seat distribution is ‘Son of ‘Mallah’ was about the VIP party of Mukesh Sahni, who had left NDA and joined the Grand Alliance. In the press conference, Tejashwi Yadav announced that RJD will give only some seats out of its quota of 144 seats to VIPs. He said, “Mukesh Sahni ji is with us, RJD will accommodate him from its quota. We will ensure his respectable participation.” Apart from this, R-JD can also give some seats to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) from its own quota. With this announcement it has become clear that the Grand Alliance is now completely united and ready to enter the electoral fray. Soon all the parties will release the list of their respective candidates.
