With the general election barely months away and seat-sharing yet to be announced, the three Left parties that are coalition partners of the ruling Mahagathbandhan in Bihar have staked claim on a dozen Lok Sabha seats, out of the total 40 seats in the State.
While this has complicated seat distribution among the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) partners, the Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have said there was nothing to worry about and seat-sharing “would be done on time”.
Among the three Left parties, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) which has 12 legislators in the State Assembly, has staked claim for five seats, while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India which have two MLAs each in the Assembly, have sought four and three seats respectively. If the leaders of the alliance are to be believed, “this has left seat-sharing in a knot that would be difficult to untie”.
