By Admin 
As Bihar Assembly elections are approaching, confusion and competition regarding seats within the Grand Alliance is increasing. The allies are facing each other in many assembly constituencies, due to which questions are being raised on the unity of the alliance.
Efforts may have been made to coordinate seats between RJD, Congress, Left parties and VIP, but the equations at the ground level are telling a different story. Friendly competition has developed at many places, where the constituent parties of the Grand Alliance are directly challenging each other.
The most interesting contest will take place on these 6 seats.
The most interesting situation has arisen in seats like Warisaliganj, Narkatiaganj, Kahalgaon, Sultanganj, Vaishali and Sikandra. Both RJD and Congress have fielded their candidates in these areas. For example, from Warisaliganj, RJD has fielded Anita Devi Mahato, while Congress has given ticket to Satish Kumar. Similarly, in Narkatiaganj, Deepak Yadav of RJD will face Shashwat Kedar Pandey of Congress.
RJD’s Rajneesh Bharti and Congress’s Praveen Singh Kushwaha are face to face in Kahalgaon. In Sultanganj too, an interesting contest will be seen between Chandan Sinha (RJD) and Lalan Kumar (Congress). There will be a direct contest between RJD’s Ajay Kushwaha and Congress’s E. Sanjeev Singh on Vaishali seat. On Sikandra seat, experienced leaders of both the parties, Uday Narayan Choudhary of RJD and Vinod Choudhary of Congress are fighting the electoral battle with each other.
Direct confrontation between Congress and Left parties at many places
Within the Grand Alliance, there is a situation of direct competition between Congress and Left parties at many places. Both Congress and CPI have fielded candidates on seats like Bachhwara, Biharsharif, Karghar and Rajapakar. Congress’s Garib Das will face CPI’s Awadhesh Rai from Bachhwara, while Shiv Kumar Yadav (Congress) and Omair Khan (CPI) are facing each other in Biharsharif. Santosh Mishra of Congress will face Mahendra Gupta of CPI on Karghar seat. Whereas in Rajapakar seat, Pratima Das from Congress and Mohit Paswan from CPI are in the fray.
Clash between RJD and VIP on these two seats
Apart from this, a situation of conflict has also arisen between RJD and VIP party. In Babubarhi, RJD’s Arun Kushwaha will face VIP’s Bindu Gulab Yadav, while in Chainpur seat, VIP’s Balgovind Bind is in the fray against RJD’s Braj Kishore Singh.
Political analysts believe that competition within the grand alliance on these seats can harm the opposition alliance. While BJP and JDU have maintained tight coordination in candidate selection, this “friendly fight” of the Grand Alliance may prove to be an advantage for the ruling NDA on many seats.
Input By : Shashank Kumar