Patna: Seeking to buck the trend of recent Parliamentary election in which BJP decimated them, the JD(U), the RJD and the Congress on Wednesday announced alliance among the three parties for bypoll in 10 Assembly seats in Bihar, considered as semi-final before the crucial state poll next year.
As per seat-sharing arrangements reached by the parties, JD(U) and RJD will contest four seats each while the Congress will do so on two seats.
The alliance was formally announced by state chiefs of the JD(U), the RJD and the Congress Basistha Narayan Singh, Ramchandra Purbey and Ashok Chaudhary respectively at a joint press conference here.
The deal was sealed finally after talks between Congress president Sonia Gandhi, JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The three state chiefs said that names of their candidates would be made public in a day or two.
August 2 is the last date for filling of nominations.
