Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) on Tuesday said that it will announce its candidates for the Bihar polls at a press conference, and the list it sent earlier in the day is not the final list of candidates.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday chaired the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) in Delhi to decide on the Bihar assembly election candidates.
The Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) on Tuesday announced the list of six candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, among whom four are sitting MLAs.
Amid growing speculation over rifts within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after seat-sharing discussions, Union Minister and JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, on Tuesday, once again reaffirmed that the NDA remains united under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,
Even as Mahagathbandhan is still grappling with competing demands of its constituents and has not declared seat allocation, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) on Tuesday announced a list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.
Thakur is likely to contest the upcoming state assembly elections from Alinagar in Darbhanga, according to the sources. The polling for Bihar's 243-seat Assembly is scheduled to take place on November 6 and November 11, with the counting set for November 14.
"The NDA alliance is completely united, as evident from the way our seats have been announced. By tonight, a final decision will also be made regarding the remaining seats. I am fully confident that we will cross the 200-seat mark in this assembly election," he said.
"The issue of seat allocation among NDA parties has been resolved through amicable discussions. The discussion on which party will contest which seat is also in its final stage with positive talks. Under the leadership of Modi ji and Nitish ji, all NDA parties are fully prepared with unit
Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Bihar, state Congress in-charge Krishna Allavaru asserted that the talks were ongoing on seat sharing in the Mahagathbandhan, and the effort was to form a good government without any rift within the alliance.
In a memorandum to the Election Commission, Shyam Lal Pal, president of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, said that the directive has not only been issued for the Bihar elections but will also be implemented in future assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
Even as the ruling National Democratic Alliance has announced seat distribution among its constituents and the Jan Suraaj party has declared its second list of candidates for the Bihar polls, discussions continue among Mahagathbandhan partners to finalise seats and break the stalemate ove