A consensus has almost been reached regarding seat sharing in the Grand Alliance for the Bihar Assembly elections. According to sources, seat distribution may be announced by the Grand Alliance soon.

According to sources, Congress’ talks with Tejashwi Yadav have been finalized on about 60 seats. There is no entanglement between Congress and RJD now. Talks are still going on with the rest of the RJD alliance. Especially talks are being held with Mukesh Sahni of VIP.

Sources have also informed that seat sharing may be announced in the Grand Alliance on Tuesday (October 14). And after this, all the parties of the Grand Alliance can release the list of their respective candidates.

According to the seat sharing formula that has been agreed:

RJD – 135
Congress 60
Left parties (CPI ML, CPI, CPM) 30
seats can be found
18 seats can be left for VIP, JMM, IIP
VIP – 15, JMM- 2, IIP- 1

Conversation continues with Mukesh Sahni

Akhilesh Singh was continuously meeting Lalu Tejashwi demanding increase in seats for Congress. Meetings were held two-three times. They were also together in the flight, after which Tejashwi met the Congress leadership. A solution was found through negotiations.

Let us tell you that there were reports of displeasure from Mukesh Sahni regarding the distribution of seats in the Grand Alliance. He had said that the Grand Alliance is unwell and all the doctors are in Delhi, so I am going to Delhi and will tell after returning to Patna. However, now the news is that VIP chief Mukesh Sahni has agreed to seat sharing and is satisfied with 15 seats.

In such a situation, speculations are being made that on Tuesday (October 14), a formal announcement of seat sharing can be made by the Grand Alliance and soon the political parties can announce their candidates.

There is a possibility that seat sharing in the Grand Alliance may be announced on Tuesday (October 14, 2025). It is believed that talks with the parties involved in the grand alliance have almost been completed. However, Mukesh Sahni is incurring huge losses. That’s because they are not getting even half of the 60 seats they were talking about. If sources are to be believed, there is no consideration of giving more than 15 seats to Vikassheel Insaan Party.

First understand the formula of seats in the Grand Alliance

If sources are to be believed, talks have been held with Tejashwi Yadav on 60 Congress seats. That means there is no problem between Congress and RJD now. Now RJD is in talks especially with VIP’s Mukesh Sahni. Left parties can get 30 seats. It has been considered to give 15 seats for VIP, two seats for JMM and one seat for IIP. RJD itself will contest on 135 seats.

On the other hand, the question is that if Mukesh Sahni is not given more than 15 seats, will he be ready or will he suddenly go with NDA again like in the 2020 assembly elections? Discussion on such questions has started in the political circles. However, seats have been divided in the NDA alliance. BJP and JDU will fight on 101-101 seats. Whereas Chirag’s party has been given 29 seats. Jitan Ram Manjhi’s party HAM and Upendra Kushwaha have got six seats. The question is that if Mukesh Sahni joins NDA, which party will sacrifice seats? Let us tell you here that seat sharing has been announced in NDA but the joint press conference which was to be held in Patna on Monday has not taken place. For some reason the PC got postponed. This means that the tussle over seats continues in NDA also.

What do political experts say about Sahni?

Political expert Dhirendra Kumar said that Mukesh Sahni suddenly planned to go to Delhi. A lot was revealed from his language before leaving. Now it depends on Mukesh Sahni whether he remains in the grand alliance or not. There will be no offer from the Grand Alliance on these terms. Is the way open in NDA? On this he said that it is difficult to say. I think the path to NDA is now closed for Mukesh Sahni, but politics is a game of possibilities. Maybe some option will open up. If the option opens, it will be difficult to get six seats. Be it Grand Alliance or NDA, Mukesh Sahni is no longer in a position to make demands.

What did Mukesh Sahni’s party say?

On the other hand, a big leader of VIP party said that the seats are being reduced because of Akhilesh Singh (Congress leader). They are filling Lalu Yadav’s ears. Pressure is being put on RJD that if more seats are given to VIPs then after winning they can go with BJP and form the government. On the question whether there is a possibility of joining NDA? On this it was said that no, we have to remain in the Grand Alliance only.

Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Tejashwi Yadav will be the CM face of the Grand Alliance in 2025, the Congress has accepted. Karghar’s Congress MLA Santosh Mishra made this clear on Wednesday (April 16). He also said that there is no question of fighting less than 70 seats, but if there is a grand alliance, two-four seats are here and there, so there is not much problem. However, they will fight in so many (70) seats.

Tejashwi Yadav will be CM? On this, Santosh Mishra said that there is no doubt the face of Tejashwi CM. RJD is the largest party of the Grand Alliance. If seen, the biggest leader is Tejashwi Yadav. Leaders are opposition. Tejashwi is the face of the grand alliance. He is the face of CM. The Grand Alliance will fight on 243 seats.

‘Some things will be known after 15 May’

The Congress MLA further said that there is an alliance of five parties. If a new party comes tomorrow, then I said that if 2-4 seats are here and there, there is no aviation. On the 17th, Krishna Allavaru, who is in charge of Bihar, will sit with Tejashwi Yadav and then talk further. Things have started. The process regarding seats has started. After May 15, some things will be known which seats are coming in favor of Congress, RJD or other parties.

Today is to be held under the leadership of Tejashwi

Let us know that the first formal meeting of all the constituents of the Grand Alliance is going to be held in Patna today (Thursday) regarding the Bihar assembly elections. Leaders of RJD, Congress, Left, VIP will be present in it. It will be led by Tejashwi Yadav. It is believed that the seat sharing will be discussed in this meeting. A coordination committee can be formed for other election campaigns.

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