A joint press conference was held by the Grand Alliance on Thursday (October 23, 2025) at Maurya Hotel in Patna regarding the Bihar Assembly elections (2025). On this occasion, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, Bihar State President of Congress Rajesh Ram, VIP chief Mukesh Sahni, CPIM’s Dipankar Bhattacharya and leaders of other allies were present. During this time it was publicly announced that Tejashwi Yadav would be the CM face of the Grand Alliance. Ashok Gehlot has made this announcement.

Will not leave until broken: Sahni

On this occasion, VIP chief Mukesh Sahni said that lakhs of workers were waiting for this time. He accused BJP of poaching and buying its MLAs. He said that he will not leave the BJP until it is broken. That time has come. Now we will form the government by staying firmly with the Grand Alliance. The grand alliance is strong.

#WATCH Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has been declared the chief ministerial candidate of the grand alliance for the Bihar assembly elections.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said, “…we all have decided that Tejashwi Yadav will be the next Chief Minister in this election… pic.twitter.com/l3s2y9lFic

— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) October 23, 2025

Grand alliance candidates face each other on 13 seats

In fact, before this no joint press conference was held regarding seat distribution in the Grand Alliance. There was a continuous tense situation. For the first time today (Thursday), a joint press conference has been held regarding Bihar elections. The biggest thing is that the candidates of the Grand Alliance are face to face on about 13 seats.

There is a situation of tension in the Grand Alliance, especially between Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress. In view of this situation, senior Congress observer Ashok Gehlot had also met Lalu-Tejashwi last Wednesday.

Controversy over only Tejashwi’s picture on the poster

On the other hand, there is controversy regarding the poster that has been put up for this press conference because only Tejashwi Yadav’s photo is on it. There is no picture of any leader other than Tejashwi Yadav. It is only a symbol of other allies. On this, BJP leader Amit Malviya wrote on Twitter, “The huge infighting in the Grand Alliance has now become public. First, Rahul Gandhi did not accept Tejashwi as his face, now Tejashwi has made Rahul Gandhi disappear from the poster. This poster itself is an announcement of the breakup of the Grand Alliance.”

MP Pappu Yadav has also expressed objection over the absence of photographs of other leaders on the poster. Pappu Yadav raised the question whether there is any justification without Rahul Gandhi on the poster? Said that there should be photographs of all those who are in the alliance. When there was no picture, the MP said that its message was wrong.

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There has been no consensus regarding seat sharing within the Grand Alliance in Bihar. After analyzing the list of candidates, it has become clear that there will be direct contest on 11 seats within the alliance. This situation is exposing the lack of coordination and internal differences among the opposition parties. Just two weeks before the first phase of elections, this disagreement has become a new point of attack for NDA and Chirag Paswan.

There will be a direct fight between RJD and Congress on 6 seats, while there will be a direct fight between CPI and Congress on 4 seats. At the same time, there will be a contest between Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) and RJD on one seat, Chainpur.

On Monday, RJD released the list of its 143 candidates. This list also includes those 6 seats where Congress has already declared its candidates. These seats are- Vaishali, Sikandra, Kahalgaon, Sultanganj, Narkatiaganj and Versaliganj. Now all eyes are on October 23, which is the last date for withdrawal of nominations for the second phase. By then the picture will be clear whether there is any agreement in the opposition camp or not.

Shahnawaz Hussain targeted the Grand Alliance

BJP national spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, targeting the ‘Grand Alliance’, said that RJD has released its list of candidates, from which it has become clear that no norms have been followed in the ticket distribution.

He said, “The grand alliance has completely become a victim of the ‘great split’. Looking at the RJD list, it is clear that they have ignored their own workers and have distributed tickets to anyone. There is no candidate in this list who can win.”

#WATCH Delhi: On ‘Mahagathbandhan,’ BJP national spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain says, “RJD has released its list… This makes it clear that RJD has not followed any criteria in ticket distribution. ‘Mahagathbandhan Puri has become a victim of Mahaphoot,’ and their list… pic.twitter.com/scvrs4PRpM

— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2025

Political experts say that these circumstances have raised questions on the unity and coordination of the opposition. Despite long-running meetings and secret discussions, the Grand Alliance has not yet been able to formally declare the seat distribution. At the same time, another interesting contest will be seen on Mahua seat. Here RJD has made Mukesh Roshan its candidate, who will contest against Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav. Tej Pratap was expelled from RJD earlier this year, after which he formed his new party Janashakti Janata Dal. This family dispute is now adding a new twist to the politics of Bihar.

Political analysts believe that such internal contests can lead to division of opposition votes, due to which the BJP-led NDA can gain advantage on many seats.

What did Chirag Paswan say about the grand alliance?

LJP (Ram Vilas) President Chirag Paswan also targeted the Grand Alliance on Monday. He said, “I have never seen such an election in which such a big alliance is on the verge of breaking. It is one thing to have differences of opinion on the selection of seats, but here there is no consensus on the number of seats itself.”

Chirag Paswan’s party is contesting elections on 29 seats this time. Taking a dig at the state of the grand alliance, he said that this “friendly fight” going on within the opposition is actually proving to be a walkover for the NDA. Chirag Paswan said, “There is nothing that can be called a friendly competition. Either you are a friend or a rival. If you are fielding candidates against each other and targeting leaders, then it will definitely affect the remaining seats.”

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It has been 2 days since the nomination for the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections started but till now the seat sharing in the Grand Alliance has not been approved. Now in such a situation, dissatisfaction is increasing among the party workers and the party workers are also taking refuge in God. A similar scene was seen at Digha Ghat in Patna, where leaders and workers of Mukesh Sahni’s VIP party were seen taking water samadhi in river Ganga and worshiping Mother Ganga.

The workers, wearing party bands on their shoulders and meditating by immersing themselves in river Ganga, said that our demand is that Mother Ganga should make my leader Mukesh Sahni the Deputy Chief Minister and my party should get maximum seats.

Dissatisfaction among VIP leaders due to delay in seat sharing in Grand Alliance

National Vice President of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) Raja Ram Bind said, “The sitting has been going on continuously for two-three days but no decision is being taken, hence now our dissatisfaction is increasing. We have come to seek blessings from Mother Ganga that our party gets maximum seats and our leader becomes the Deputy Chief Minister.

We will get the blessings of Mother Ganga – Raja Ram Bind

Raja Ram Bind, national vice president of VIP, further said, “We are descendants of Mother Ganga. Anyway, we have been given the title of son of Ganga, so we have come under the shelter of our mother. If Mother wants, we will definitely get more seats. No matter what anyone does, but when we get the blessings of Mother Ganga, our party will definitely get more seats. When asked, what will happen if Tejashwi Yadav does not want? On this the workers said that if Mother Ganga wishes, all that will be accomplished.

How many seats is Mukesh Sahni staking claim for?

Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahni had written in a social media post on Saturday (October 11), “On November 14, we will form such a government in Bihar, where every section will get its rights and respect.” In this, he did not mention the Grand Alliance, due to which his post became a topic of discussion. Let us tell you that there is talk in the political circles that Mukesh Sahni is staking his claim for the post of Deputy CM and 30 assembly seats.