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In the Mahagatbandhan, RJD, Congress, and the Left parties are locked in endless haggling for the 243 seats.

The NDA — comprising the BJP, JD(U), LJP (RV), and smaller allies such as HAM(S) — continues to wrestle with its internal seat-sharing tensions

Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj party remains a wildcard. Analysts believe it could eat into the Mahagathbandhan’s vote share.

It’s open season in Bihar’s political marketplace with polls set to be held on November 6 and 11, and the seat-sharing circus within both the Mahagathbandhan and the NDA doesn’t seem to be dying down. Every party fancies itself deserving of a larger slice, while the old guards do not want to give up their share.

Within the Mahagathbandhan, RJD, Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Len

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