Deadlock continues: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other leaders of the grand alliance during a rally in Patna in July.
| Photo Credit: ANI The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagatbandhan (grand alliance) failed to announce its seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election on Monday (October 13, 2025), despite at least two rounds of meetings between the top leadership of RJD and Congress in the national capital. The ruling NDA on Sunday (October 12, 2025) had announced the number of seats that it would be contesting with its top constituents — BJP and JD(U) — for the first time placing each other on equal terms. Both will contest 101 seats in the State, which has a 243-member Assembly. To avoid media attention, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav along with Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav met Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal, Congress’s Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru and Congress State president Rajesh Ram at Congress Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam’s residence. The meeting lasted for one-and-a-half hours.
Published: October 13, 2025 4:39 pm
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