Bihar polls: Seat-sharing almost finalised, announcement to be made soon, says RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav (File photo: IANS)


The seat-sharing talks among the Mahagathbandhan allies in Bihar have almost been finalised and an announcement will be made soon, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Monday.

“It will be very soon. We have no confusion here. Everything will be almost finalised. The announcement will be made soon…,” he said.

Yadav, who is in Vaishali as part of his Bihar Adhikar Yatra, also trained guns at the Election Commission of India and the BJP over the alleged “vote chori” in the previous elections.

He, however, vowed that the ‘Mahagathbandhan’, a multi-party alliance of RJD, Congress, Left and other smaller parties, will not allow “dishonesty” this time, expressing confidence in forming the government.

“Everyone knows that last time there was not only vote chori but some of our seats were also stolen. The government was already being formed last time. But this time we will not allow dishonesty and this time we will form the government,” he said.

Citing the infamous Chandigarh Mayoral polls where election officer Anil Masih invalidated several AAP votes and announced BJP candidate the winner, Yadav said there is enough evidence to prove that Election Commission of India is helping the BJP.

“CCTV footage was seized in Chandigarh, and since then, the Election Commission has shut down the CCTV. They say the privacy of mothers and sisters is at stake. What nonsense is this, what arguments are they making? Everyone knows the Election Commission is acting as a cell of the BJP,” he said.

Earlier on Sunday, the RJD leader had said that he will do the politics of “development, improvement, prosperity, and industries”.

“I have come to do new politics. Where there is no talk of caste and religion, but rather of development, improvement, prosperity, and industries in every sector. There is a discussion on increasing per capita income and per capita investment in Bihar. Where positivity, creativity, progressiveness, and qualitative change form the basis of the politics…,” Yadav had said.