By Admin 
The tussle continues between the allies in the opposition India Alliance over seat sharing for the Bihar Assembly elections. The last date for filing nomination papers for the first phase of voting to be held on November 6, 2025 ended on Friday (October 17, 2025). An Election Commission official said that a total of 1,698 candidates have filed nominations for the first phase of elections.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) spokesperson Chittaranjan Gagan said that a total of 71 candidates of the party have filed nominations for the first phase of elections. In this, the party’s CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav, National General Secretary Bhola Yadav, Mohammad Shahabuddin’s son Osama, former Bihar Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary, Alok Mehta, Lalit Yadav, Israel Mansoori along with all the former ministers and senior leader of the party Bhai Virendra have also filed their nominations.
Congress, VIP and CPI also fielded their candidates.
On the other hand, a total of 25 candidates from Rahul Gandhi’s party Congress including Braj Kishore Ravi, former Tamil Nadu DGP Amita Bhushan and Pratima Kumari have also filed their nominations. With this, a total of 14 candidates of Communist Party of India (ML), six candidates including Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) National President Santosh Sahni and Vice President Umesh Sahni have filed their nominations with the Election Commission. However, VIP founder Mukesh Sahni has decided not to contest Bihar assembly elections. He said, ‘I have to ensure the victory of India Alliance in the elections. If I also contest elections, it will affect our election campaign.
There may also be a contest between the candidates of the Grand Alliance’s allies.
No consensus could be reached between all the allies in the India alliance by Friday (October 17, 2025). In such a situation, many party candidates filed their nominations with caution. The last date for withdrawal of nominations for the first phase of elections is till Monday (October 20, 2025). In such a situation, if the candidates of alliance parties have filed their nominations on the seats where they do not withdraw their nominations on Monday, then there can be a contest between the candidates of the alliance parties of the Grand Alliance.
The eight assembly seats where there could be a fight between the candidates of the Grand Alliance’s allies include Bachhwara, Kahalgaon, Lalganj, Gaura Bauram, Tarapur, Vaishali, Rajapakar and Rosra.
Voter Adhikar Yatra supported by all parties, dispute over seat
Leaders of other alliance parties demonstrated solidarity by participating in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar. But soon after that, differences started emerging between them on many issues and they could not reach a consensus on seat sharing in the Grand Alliance.
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