Despite multiple marathon meetings in the past few days, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress have been unable to strike a seat-sharing deal for next month’s Bihar Assembly elections due to disagreements over five seats.

The five constituencies, according to highly placed sources, are Baisi (Purnea), Bahadurganj (Kishanganj), Raniganj (Araria), Kahalgaon (Bhagalpur), and Saharsa. In 2020, the RJD contested Raniganj, Saharsa, and Baisi, while Kahalgaon and Bahadurganj went to the Congress. Neither of the two parties won these seats.

Sources said that while the RJD wants the Congress to give up Kahalgaon and Bahadurganj, the Congress wants Raniganj, Saharsa, and Baisi in return. “The negotiations have gone on for hours at a time, but there are five seats where the RJD and Congre

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