The Congress has released the names of some of its candidates contesting in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. But stopped short of issuing an official list.
This is because the seat-sharing deal between the Mahagathbandhan partners remain unresolved.
The announcement came from Congress Bihar unit president Rajesh Ram, who is contesting from the Kutumba Assembly constituency.
Congress has released names of 16 candidates in its first list.
On Tuesday night, the party’s Central Election Committee cleared candidates for 43 seats.
Reports suggest that the grand old party will announce more candidates in the coming days once discussions are finalised with the INDIA bloc partners.
Meanwhile, the NDA has taken the lead with the candidate announcements.
On Wednesday, the BJP released its third list of 18 candidates for the Bihar polls. It has now declared nominees for all the 101 seats it is contesting as per the seat-sharing agreement with the Janata Dal United.
The Nitish Kumar-led JDU, on the other hand, released its second list of 44 names, including four Muslim candidates.
BJP and its ally JD-U will be contesting in 101 seats each in the 243-member Bihar Assembly.
Within the NDA, Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)-Ram Vilas will contest 29 seats.
While Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) get 6 seats each.
Separately, Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party, which is contesting on its own, released its second list of 65 candidates on Oct 13.
