Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), on Saturday, announced that it will contest the upcoming Bihar assembly polls independently after the opposition alliance Mahagathbandhan, which includes the Congress and the RJD, failed to seal an agreement with the party over seat sharing.

The party had earlier asked the INDIA bloc to decide on seat sharing for the Bihar polls by October 14 or else the JMM would take its own decision.

The party will contest six assembly seats—Chakai, Dhamdaha, Katoria (ST), Manihari (ST), Jamui and Pirpainti—JMM general secretary and spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said. These seats will go to the polls in the second phase on November 11.

He observed that the situation everywhere is different and sought to know why the Congress is contesting against the RJD in some seat

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