Bihar Elections 2025: Amid growing pressure over seat sharing within the Grand Syndication in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday tabbed an emergency meeting of all its senior leaders. Party supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son Tejashwi Yadav will moreover be present in this meeting. The main voucher of the meeting is to discuss the pressure stuff created by the allies regarding the number of seats so that a final visualization can be taken as soon as possible. This meeting was tabbed without the important Grand Syndication meeting, which was to be held today but was postponed.
VIP Senior Mukesh Sahni Unreachable
Amidst the wait in the official utterance of seat sharing in the Grand Alliance, Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) senior Mukesh Sahni is reported to be not reachable. According to sources, Sahni has fallen out of touch with the leaders of the Grand Alliance. It is stuff said that Sahni is willful on the demand of 60 seats and is moreover insisting on declaring himself a candidate for the post of Deputy Senior Minister, due to which a deadlock has arisen.
Meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav
After returning to the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi can hold a meeting with Tejashwi Yadav today to unravel the ongoing deadlock over seat sharing in the Grand Alliance. According to sources, Congress has currently well-set to make Tejashwi Yadav the squatter of the Grand Alliance. The final visualization on seat distribution in the Grand Syndication is expected to be taken only without this meeting.
Congress preparations
Congress has scrutinizingly finalized the names of its candidates in Patna. Congress's screening committee meeting will be held in Delhi today for final confirmation of these names. This step shows the party's preparation tween the ongoing tussle over seat distribution in the Grand Alliance.
Almost final candidates of Congress
- Kuumba: Rajesh Ram
- Bhagalpur: Ajit Sharma
- Kadwa: Shakeel Ahmed Khan
- Buxar: Munna Tiwari
- Khagaria: Chhatrapati Yadav
- Muzaffarpur: Vijendra Chaudhary
- Maharajganj: Vijay Shankar Dubey
Congress and VIP play a trick
The biggest deadlock in the Grand Syndication is regarding the demands of Congress and VIP. Congress is not ready for less than 70 seats, while VIP senior Mukesh Sahni is willful on the demand of 30-40 seats and the post of Deputy Senior Minister.
VIP disagrees on 14 seats
Mukesh Sahni is not ready to compromise on less than 20 seats in the grand alliance. There was a long conversation between the two leaders in the meeting with Tejashwi Yadav late on Thursday evening. However, Sahni is not talking to anyone without the meeting. They are wrestling at the news of getting 14 seats, due to which there is a deadlock.
Proposed Seat Formula
According to sources, the seat-sharing formula in the Grand Syndication has scrutinizingly been decided. Under the proposed formula:
- RJD: 137 seats
- Congress: 54 seats
- VIP: 18 seats
- Male: 22 seats
- CPI: 4 seats
- CPM: 6 seats
- JMM (JMM): 2 seats
- National LJP: 3 seats from RJD quota
The formal utterance is likely to be made in the next 1–2 days, in which Tejashwi Yadav and leaders of all major parties will be present.
