PATNA/NEW DELHI: As Bihar's governing NDA and opposition INDIA bloc engaged in hectic seat-sharing talks on Tuesday, a day after the Election Commission announced the two-phase assembly poll dates, the opposition alliance was expected to induct two more allies - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and ex-Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras-led Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party - even as it tried to negotiate seats with its dissatisfied Left constituents. NDA, likely to announce its seat-sharing arrangement on Thursday, too, was trying to iron out wrinkles with its allies, especially with Chirag Paswan's LJP (Ram Vilas).

CPI(ML) rejects offer of 19 seats from Tejashwi's RJD The INDIA bloc, which comprises RJD, Congress , CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML), and Mukesh Sahni's Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), met la

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