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V.I.P. TO CONTEST 15 SEATS AS PART OF OPPN BLOC
Hindustan Times Pune
|October 18, 2025
The Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), a key constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, on Friday announced that it had finalised a seat-sharing deal with the RJD-Congress-Left combine by agreeing to contest 15 seats in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.
Even as VIP agreed toa seat sharing deal, party chief Mukesh Sahani on Friday said that he will not contest in the elections. “Thave opted not to contest polls this time. I will campaign for
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