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MGB smaller allies draw mixed outcomes
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|November 15, 2025
The Bihar elections delivered contrasting outcomes for the Mahagathbandhan’s smaller constituents, with the Indian Inclusive Party (IIP) securing one of the three seats it contested while the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), led by Opposition deputy chief ministerial face Mukesh Sahani, drawing a blank in the 15 constituencies it contested.
The Opposition Grand Alliance, or Mahagathbandhan, is led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress, along with five smaller constituents — IIP, VIP, CPI-ML (Liberation), CPI(M) and CPI.
Along with the one seat secured by IIP — party chief Indrajeet Prasad Gupta defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Alok Ranjan in Saharsa, the remaining four minor parties in the bloc combined to win three.
The CPI-ML(Liberation), which had won 12 seats in 2020, could win only two seats and the CPI(M) won one.
This story is from the November 15, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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