On Monday, The Election Commission announced a two-phase polls in the state of Bihar. The voting is scheduled to be held on November 6 and 11, and the counting on November 14.

The I.N.D.I.A. bloc, led by the opposition parties RJD and Congress, will compete with the state's current ruling party, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), in the upcoming Assembly elections.

As the I.N.D.I.A. bloc's allegations of 'vote chori' against Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) garnered attention, all eyes are on the polls now.

Here is a look at a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc led by RJD-Congress combine.

Strengths:

1. The RJD enjoys a strong and loyal Muslim-Yadav (MY) vote base, that combinedly accounts for almost 30 per cent of the total electorate

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