Overview

• CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya announced plans to contest 40–45 seats, more than double the 19 it fought in 2020.
• VIP chief Mukesh Sahni has staked claim to 60 seats and linked his party’s support for Prime Minister Modi to reservation for the Nishad community, heightening alliance tensions.
• Congress is pressing for around 100 seats after fielding candidates in 90 constituencies during the last assembly polls.
• A coordination committee meeting in Patna on Thursday will finalize the seat-sharing formula, common minimum programme and joint campaigning approach.
• The CPI(ML) Liberation will launch its ‘Badlo Sarkar, Badlo Bihar’ campaign from June 18 to 27 to challenge the Nitish Kumar government on governance and law and order issues.