By Arvind Kumar

After an internal tussle over seat distribution among the alliance partners of the Mahagathbandhan (MGB) in Bihar — RJD, Congress, Left parties, and the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) — it is gradually moving towards breaking the deadlock. The MGB has declared its chief ministerial and deputy chief ministerial candidates and is working towards posing a unified fight by ending friendly contests on several seats where these parties have nominated candidates against each other. A few such candidates have already withdrawn their nomination, and the parties are now working to support a single candidate in the remaining seats. These developments are part of the underlying electoral strategies of the RJD.

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