In 11 seats, the Congress, RJD, and Left parties have fielded candidates against each other in what’s been termed a ‘friendly fight’.
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The all-important Bihar Assembly election in November is a two-way fight between the BJP and JD(U)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress-led INDIA bloc. However, in at least 11 seats, the Congress, RJD, and Left parties have fielded candidates against each other in what’s been termed a ‘friendly fight’.
The development comes despite the parties agreeing to a seat-sharing arrangement and local-level coordination. Congress is locked in battles for four seats each with the RJD and the CPI in Bihar elections
. In at least one constituency, CPI (ML) and CPI (M) have pitted their candidates against each other.
Here’s a list of constituencies where the INDIA bloc parties are having a ‘friendly fight’.
| Seat | INDIA vs INDIA | NDA Candidate |
| Narkatiaganj | Congress’s Shashwat Kedar Pandey vs RJD’s Deepak Yadav | Sanjay Pandey (BJP) |
| Vaishali | Congress’s Sanjeev Singh vs RJD’s Ajay Kushwaha | Shri Mahadev Patel (JDU) |
| Raja Pakar (SC) | Congress’s Pratima Kumari vs CPI’s Mohit Paswan | Shri Mahendra Ram (JDU) |
| Bachhwara | Congress’s Prakash Das vs CPI’s Awadhesh Kumar Rai | Surendra Mehta (BJP) |
| Biharsharif | Congress’s Umer Khan vs CPI’s Shiv Prasad Yadav | Sunil Kumar (BJP) |
| Rosera | Congress’s BK Ravi vs CPI’s Lakshman Paswan | Birendra Kumar (BJP) |
| Lalganj | RJD’s Shivani Shukla vs Congress’s Aditya Kumar Raja | Sanjay Kumar Singh (BJP) |
| Tarapur | RJD’s Arun Sah vs VIP’s Sakaldeo Bind | Samrat Chaudhary (BJP) |
| Kahalgaon | Congress’s Praveen Singh Kushwaha vs RJD’s Rajnish Bharti | Shubh Anand Mukesh (JDU) |
| Chainpur | RJD’s Brij Kishore Bind vs VIP’s Balgovind Bind | Mo Jama Khan (JDU) |
| Pipra | CPI(ML)L’s Anil Kumar vs CPI(M)’s Rajmangal Prasad | Shyambabu Prasad Yadav (BJP) |
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
