The Left Front could get to contest on three seats in Bihar under a likely alliance with RJD and Congress.
Lok
Sabha Elections 2019 : A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Congress-Left
Front alliance is in the works in Bihar. According to sources, the
Left, comprising six parties, is likely to get as many as three of
the 40 Lok Sabha seats in that state to contest.
Communist
Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) chief Dipankar Bhattacharya has
held meetings with RJD chief Lalu Prasad, while the state leadership
of the Communist Party of India (CPI) is also in contact with Prasad.
Communist
Party of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury met Lalu Prasad when
the latter was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai. The two agreed that
the Left Front should get adequate number of seats to contest in the
Lok Sabha polls.
While
the alliance is yet to be finalised, the Left Front could get to
contest Begusarai and Jahanabad, besides either Samastipur or the
adjoining Ujiyarpur.
Former
Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union leader Kanhaiya
Kumar could get to contest the Begusarai seat on the CPI ticket,
while the CPI (ML) might field a candidate as part of the alliance
for the Jehanabad seat. Either Samastipur or Ujiyarpur could go to
the CPI (M).
The
RJD, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party already have an alliance
in the state. Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustan Awam Morcha is also a
constituent of the alliance. The Left parties have had a significant
presence in Bihar.
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