The seat-sharing talks within the Mahagathbandhan have gained pace ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, with disagreements coming to the fore. As per reports, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav’s residence in Patna is the centre of all activities.

Tejashwi has reportedly finalised his seat-sharing formula, which involves keeping 130 to 135 seats for the RJD while offering 55 to 58 seats to the Congress. He has also set aside 14 to 18 seats for the third ally Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), 30 to 32 seats to the Left parties, three to Hemant Soren's JMM, and two to Pashupati Paras's RLJP. For JMM and RLJP, the seats will go from RJD’s kitty.

While the Congress has already sought 60 seats, the most likely to get upset over the plan is likely to be Mukesh Sahni, who has consistently demanded 60 sea

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