JD(U), RJD, Cong announce decision on seat-sharing pact
31 July 2014 5:35 AM IST
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 Presidents of JD(U), RJD and 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 chief Sonia Gandhi, former chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad, they said.
Singh told reporters that JD(U) will field its candidate on Parbatta, Mohania (SC), Jale and Hajipur seats, while Purbey said his party will contest Chapra, Mohiuddinagar, Rajnagar (SC) and Banka seats.
PCC president Ashok Chaudhary said his party would contest from Bhagalpur and Narkatiaganj.
The three state chiefs said that names of their candidates would be made public in a day or two.
2 August is the last date for filling of nominations for bypoll that will take place on 21 August.
Justifying the alliance of the three parties, JD(U) state chief said that it was the ‘need of the hour.’
Nitish Kumar, who returned to Patna on Tuesday night after a trip to Mumbai and New Delhi, was not present at the press conference. RJD president Lalu Prasad is in Delhi. ‘After recent general election in which BJP came to power by befooling voters, the nation’s mood has started changing... we are uniting to check split in anti-BJP votes in election,’ Singh and Purbey said.
In reply to a question if Congress has come to realise that it cannot fight BJP alone and that is why it was forging alliance with regional parties, PCC chief said situation demands tie-up between like-minded parties to check spread of BJP.
The deal was sealed finally after talks between Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, former chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president Lalu Prasad, they said.
Singh told reporters that JD(U) will field its candidate on Parbatta, Mohania (SC), Jale and Hajipur seats, while Purbey said his party will contest Chapra, Mohiuddinagar, Rajnagar (SC) and Banka seats.
PCC president Ashok Chaudhary said his party would contest from Bhagalpur and Narkatiaganj.
The three state chiefs said that names of their candidates would be made public in a day or two.
2 August is the last date for filling of nominations for bypoll that will take place on 21 August.
Justifying the alliance of the three parties, JD(U) state chief said that it was the ‘need of the hour.’
Nitish Kumar, who returned to Patna on Tuesday night after a trip to Mumbai and New Delhi, was not present at the press conference. RJD president Lalu Prasad is in Delhi. ‘After recent general election in which BJP came to power by befooling voters, the nation’s mood has started changing... we are uniting to check split in anti-BJP votes in election,’ Singh and Purbey said.
In reply to a question if Congress has come to realise that it cannot fight BJP alone and that is why it was forging alliance with regional parties, PCC chief said situation demands tie-up between like-minded parties to check spread of BJP.
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