Amidst the ongoing stalemate over seat-sharing in the INDIA bloc in Bihar, even as the assembly elections are merely a few weeks away, the Congress has been trying hard to play down the "friendly contests" between alliance partners on a few seats.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, on Wednesday, asserted that all is well within the alliance and that a friendly contest between alliance partners on five to seven seats in the assembly polls should not be interpreted otherwise.

There are at least eight assembly seats in Bihar, including Narkatiaganj, Vaishali, Rajapakar, Rosera, Bachhwara, Kahalgaon, Biharsharif and Sikandara, where constituents of the INDIA bloc will fight against each other due to internal discord between the Congress, RJD and Left parties over seat-sharing agreements.

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