By Admin 
Now only two days are left for the nomination process to end for the second and final phase of Bihar Assembly elections, but the internal tussle of the opposition alliance ‘India’ is not showing any sign of stopping.
On Saturday (October 18), another shock came in the ongoing confusion regarding seat sharing when Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) separated from the alliance and announced to contest the elections alone in Bihar. The party has announced to field candidates on six seats.
Congress has announced 54 candidates so far
Here, the main party of the alliance, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has declared its candidates on many seats, including some areas where its allies are already contenders. Still, the final list of RJD has not been released yet. Congress has announced 54 candidates so far. The new list released late Saturday evening includes seats like Kishanganj, Kasba, Purnia and Gaya Nagar.
Who got the ticket from where?
From Kishanganj, Congress has given ticket to Kamrul Hoda, who was first in AIMIM and later in RJD. Similarly, Irfan Alam has been fielded from Kasba seat. It is being told that due to the displeasure of Purnia MP Pappu Yadav, Irfan got the chance in place of Afaq Alam. Jitendra Yadav has been given ticket from Purnia and Mahendra Srivastava from Gaya Nagar.
Congress will contest elections on fewer seats than in 2020
According to sources, this time Congress will contest elections on fewer seats than in 2020. However, there was huge dissatisfaction in the party regarding ticket distribution. Many angry leaders held a press conference in Patna and accused AICC in-charge Krishna Allavaru of ‘selling tickets’.
At present, two allies are facing each other on at least eight seats in the alliance, out of which a direct contest is possible between Congress and RJD on three seats. Kutumba, the seat of Congress state president Rajesh Ram, is also said to be embroiled in the same dispute.
The picture will be clear by the last date of nomination
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary has claimed that the agreement is almost certain, the picture will be clear by the last date of withdrawal of nominations. On the other hand, everything is not smooth in NDA also. JD(U) gave ticket to Sabir Ali from Amour seat at the last moment, whereas earlier the name of Saba Zafar was fixed. On the other hand, nomination of LJP (Ram Vilas) candidate Seema Singh on Marhaura seat was cancelled, due to which RJD candidate Jitendra Rai is likely to get the lead. As the elections are coming closer, the politics of alliances is getting more complicated and the picture still remains blurry for the voters.