As the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar are nearing, the faultlines within the opposition Mahagathbandhan in the state have started emerging. Contesting with the hopes of a regime change in the state, the opposition alliance appears to be struggling to put up a unified and strong opposition before the ruling NDA.

Coping with internal conflict and confusion, the Mahagathbandhan failed to announce any seat-sharing agreement on Friday (17th October) as the deadline for filing nominations for the first phase of the two-phase assembly elections ended. The Mahagathbandhan allies the RJD, Congress, CPI (ML-L), CPI (M), CPI and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) filed nominations for all 121 seats in the first phase of polls, out of the total 243 assembly seats of the state. The nominations for th

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