"Congress Engages in Seat-Sharing Talks with Allies for Lok Sabha Elections"
Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United plans to contest 17 seats in the upcoming parliamentary election in Bihar, with the rest of the 40 seats to be divided between Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress, and the Left. The party claims that sitting MPs will not be disturbed, in line with the agreement among the constituent parties of the INDIA Alliance. Discussions on seat-sharing within the alliance have commenced, with the Bihar Congress suggesting a flexible approach to contesting elections together.