Patna, Oct 20 (PTI) Filing of nomination papers ended on Monday for the second and final phase of Bihar assembly polls, with the opposition INDIA bloc appearing fractured, as constituents would end up fighting each other in a number of seats.

According to the Election Commission, altogether 1,314 candidates have been left in the fray for the first phase in which 121 constituencies of the 243-strong assembly would go to polls on November 6, following the withdrawal of 61 nominees, besides rejection of more than 300 during scrutiny.

The RJD, which helms the opposition coalition, and prides itself on having emerged as the single-largest party in the past couple of assembly elections, came out with a list of its 143 candidates, much after most of them had already been allotted symbols and fi

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