Confident of repeating '20 show, all 12 MLAs in fray this time: CPI(M-L)

CPI-ML (Liberation) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Monday expressed his confidence that Opposition Mahagathbandhan would form the next government in Bihar.

- RAMASHANKAR @Patna

The party has fielded 20 candidates in the seats allotted to it as part of seat-sharing arrangement among the INDIA bloc for the election. All the 12 MLAs, who won the election in 2020, are contesting the election.

Bhore, Zeradei, Darauli, Daraunda, Digha, Kalyanpur, Warisnagar, Rajgir, Phulwari, Paliganj, Arah, Agiaon, Tarari, Ghosi, Dumraon, Sikta, Balrampur, Pipra, Karakat and Arwal are among the constituencies where the party has fielded its candidates. In the 2020 Assembly elections, the CPI-ML contested 19 seats and won 12.