Leaders of the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday held a decisive meeting in Delhi to iron out the final seat-sharing arrangement for the Bihar Assembly poll. Sources hinted that the Congress could contest around 55-58 of the 243 seats, fewer than the 60 that it initially demanded.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, accompanied by Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav, met Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal, Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru, state president Rajesh Ram, and CLP leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan at the party’s war room. The meeting, which lasted for over two-and-a-half hours, focused on resolving overlapping claims on several constituencies and accommodating the demands of smaller allies, including Mukesh Sahni’s Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP).

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