The Congress is contesting around six seats involving friendly contests with its Mahagathbandhan partners, and 54 alliance-backed seats in the upcoming Bihar polls. However, all of these 54 constituencies fall in areas where the party will face direct contests with the Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party — both of which have a deep connect at the grassroots.

Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Janata Dal is contesting from almost all the seats where weaker partners of NDA have been fielded, like LJP led by Chirag Paswan, HAM and Upendra Kushwaha's formation.

A Congress leader said, “It is not that the Congress has taken barren seats. We have negotiated a good deal for several winnable constituencies. But, the RJD has managed to secure most of the seats with a higher winnability ratio, la

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