Overview

• General secretary M. A. Baby says Left parties deserve more seats but will make “realistic and reasonable” claims within the alliance.
• CPI-M urges RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to initiate the next rounds of seat-sharing discussions and seeks an early decision to aid campaigning.
• The party releases a second-priority list of seven constituencies: Purnea, Bisfi, Parbatta, Mehasi, Bahadurpur, Nautan and Mohiuddin Nagar.
• CPI-M points to strong turnout at the Voter Adhikar Yatra and the Left’s 2020 tally of 16 wins from 29 seats, noting 11 constituency-level conventions held in August.
• Baby criticises Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on “infiltrators” in Bihar as irresponsible rhetoric aimed at polarising society.